New Immigration Offences Explained: An Essential Guide for Criminal Law Practitioners

Introduction

Are you a general crime practitioner navigating the intersection of criminal and immigration law?

This new virtual classroom seminar will provide a clear and distilled overview of immigration offences to assist prosecution and defence practitioners, paralegals, and police station representatives.

Gain valuable insights into this often-overlooked area, no prior experience is required. Designed for busy professionals, this session delivers a comprehensive yet accessible guide, including the latest sentencing updates and practical applications.

This session will also be of interest to practitioners in immigration law who wish to enhance their knowledge of immigration offences within criminal law.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Offences of illegal entry - obtaining leave by deception, facilitating unlawful immigration, facilitation offences in relation to helping asylum seekers to enter the UK
• The failure to produce immigration documents
• False document and identity offences
• Offences of illegal working and employing illegal workers
• The CPS published guidance on prosecution of Immigration Offences
• Sentencing case updates
• An overview of development of defence under s.31 Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• An overview of s.45 Modern Slavery Act 2015 statutory defence
• Practical matters for criminal practitioners - deportation and recommendations for deportation

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.