County Lines Exploitation - An Update for Criminal Lawyers

Introduction

County Lines exploitation is a fast-paced and developing area of law.

This webinar is for prosecution and defence advocates, paralegals, police station representatives and those working the Criminal Justice System who want a comprehensive and easy to follow summary of all the main law and recent cases from the Court of Appeal which apply in this area.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Latest CPS guidance and Home Office Statutory Guidance
• National Referral Mechanism - first responders
• Potential victims of trafficking (VOT)
• Statutory defence under section 45 MSA 2015
• Importance of advising clients about s45 defence
• How the statutory defence applies to children and young people (under 18)
• Compulsion
• Relevant characteristics
• Admissibility of Single Competent Authority decisions at first instance
• Expert reports
• Early case management
• Nexus
• Abuse of process in s45 cases. Instances where no abuse of process exists
• Credibility issues - fact sensitivities
• Sentencing issues in county lines cases

This pre-recorded webinar will be streamed at 12:30pm on Tuesday 21st May 2024 and will remain available to view by delegates who have registered by then for 90 days.