Criminal Law Update with Colin Beaumont

Introduction

This short webinar will enable you to keep up to date with changes in the law by way of decisions handed down by the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court, new legislation, and Sentencing Council Guidelines.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The Sentencing Act 2026 - those Sections in force (large parts of this Act come into force in March 2026)
• The latest amendments to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order - new items are constantly being added to the Order
• A consideration of the Leveson review of the Criminal Justice System - those parts of Leveson that have been adopted
• Guidelines introduced by the Sentencing Council during the last 12 months
• Important cases decided upon by the High Court in the last 12 months e.g. the King (on the application of CC) and Plymouth Youth Court - Youth Court jurisdiction
• Important cases decided upon by the Court of Appeal in the last 12 months e.g. Rex v Barker - incorrect sentences for summary-only offences imposed at the Crown Court
• Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025
• The very latest on ‘Mazur’
• The very latest on the Sentencing Act 2020, the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, and the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022
• The Memorandum of Understanding regarding electronic communication devices being taken into custody suites by solicitors - July 2025
• 2 new statutory aggravating factors for murder, in a domestic homicide context, whereby the minimum term may be increased (the sentence, of course, is one of mandatory life)

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Friday 25th September 2026

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