IN THIS EDITION:

CRIMINAL LAW
- Noreturns–CBA members vote for action
- Redefining‘using’a hand-held mobile phone whilst driving
- Wales outlaws the physical punishment of children
- RvDale–Ensuring full credit for early guilty pleas
- The Online Safety Bill: Second Reading
- Sentencing Council announce new draft guidelines for perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation

FAMILY LAW
- ComingSoon: No Fault Divorce and Civil Partnership Dissolution
- New National Lead Judge of the Financial Remedies Court Appointed
- Financial Remedy Applications For Approval of Consent Orders To Use New Form D81
- Cafcass Trials New Child Arrangements Pilot Scheme
- Legal Aid Means Test Review Launched
- M(AChild)[2021]: High Court stresses the importance of the court complying with Rule 3A and PD 3AA

IN THIS EDITION:

CRIMINAL LAW
• When are police officers acting in the exercise of their functions?
• Knife Crime Prevention Order pilot scheme
• Jury Deliberations
• Animal welfare offences reform
• New Modern Slavery Sentencing Guidelines
• Applications to transfer legal aid – A call for greater scrutiny

FAMILY LAW
• Sussex Family Justice Board’s annual training day
• Sussex protocol for disclosure of police material for public law proceedings
• Depriving a child’s liberty & the court’s inherent jurisdiction
• Commons Justice Committee: Legal aid needs urgent reform

IN THIS EDITION:

CRIMINAL LAW
• Six new/revised guidelines for assaults
• COA clarify Crown Court s.66 powers
• Domestic Abuse Act 2021 – a criminal perspective
• CPS review Coronavirus prosecutions
• COA on credit for a guilty plea
• Sentencing Council launch child sex offence consultation

FAMILY LAW
• Domestic Abuse Act 2021 – a family perspective
• COA: Guidance for domestic abuse cases
• Amendments to Standard Public Law Order templates
• Recovery message from the President

IN THIS EDITION:

CRIMINAL LAW
• Clickshare replaced by EPS
• Youth CTLs in the Crown Court
• New sentencing guidelines for drugs offences
• Victim Surcharges in both the Magistrates’ and the Crown Court
• Victim surcharges and POCA
• CBA wellbeing guidance issued

FAMILY LAW
• Public Law Working Group report
• Coercive Control and Scott Schedules
• Deaf Parents – Assessment and Practice
• Financial Remedies Courts made permanent