Sentencing Youth Offenders - Practice, Procedure & Caselaw

Introduction

In a recent appeal against sentence, the Court of Appeal has drawn together a number of leading authorities on sentencing ‘cliff edge’ young offenders, those aged between 18-25 at the time of sentence.

This bitesize webinar looks at the case law, practice and procedure that should be adopted when prosecuting or defending these cases to ensure you are up to date in this complicated area of criminal law.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Which legislation, Practice Directions and Sentencing Guidelines do I need to know?
• What are the leading authorities to be aware of?
• What submissions should I be making on sentence?
• How does the approach to young offenders differ to that with older ones and why?

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Friday 24th July 2026

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