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Great to see a large group of LLM students today, for a new year UCL Faculty of Laws. Unprecedented, and we’ll make it exciting and rewarding.

A Sentencing White Paper online discussion event hosted by the Centre for Criminal Law UCL Faculty of Laws at 17:30 on Weds 21 October. Speakers include Andrew Ashworth, Kate Aubrey-Johnson, Umar Azmeh, Phil Bowen and Nicola Padfield. Full details and registration: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

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🎉⭐️ A big shout out to former Managing Editor Karl Laird (now barrister at 6 King's Bench Walk), whose scholarship on strict liability was cited by the UKSC in R (on the application of Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Ltd) v CPS! 🎉⭐️

This is very good news after much hard work by Law Commission, and something that Robert Buckland should be commended for bringing into being. Criminal sentencing is unnecessarily complex, and this Act does a lot to improve it.

David Ormerod - Chaynee's doing this in November - please share! Thank you...

Delighted to have been welcomed to the Board of the Criminal Law Review alongside the wonderful Abimbola Johnson doesn't use X anymore Thomson Reuters Legal Europe Thomson Reuters Westlaw

Delighted to be chairing the Modernising Criminal Justice Conference. Great speakers and sessions throughout the day @ModJusticeConf

On Law in Action, today BBC Radio 4 at 4pm and then on BBC Sounds, the launch of a new rap single in tribute to Jack Merritt, murdered nearly a year ago in a terrorist attack in London. Also, new extracts from an interview recorded shortly before his death. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Big news today for people with criminal records. After years of campaigning, nearly 2yrs since a Supreme Court ruling Unlock intervened in, government has announced changes will happen on 28 November. Proud of everyone that helped make this happen! unlock.org.uk/government-ann…

What a week! Today is a momentous day for tens of thousands of people with old/minor criminal records. Finally, after over 7 years of campaigning, changes to the law come into effect to which cautions/convictions show up on DBS checks. Read my blog here: unlock.org.uk/a-momentous-da…

The Sentencing Code comes into effect today in England and Wales, consolidating existing sentencing procedure law into a single Act. Sentencing Council has updated all guidelines and launched a new website 👇 sentencingcouncil.org.uk

What is a sentence, what is it for and how is it worked out? Visit our new website – launched today – for info on sentencing and the guidelines and how it all works: bit.ly/SentencingCoun…

Join us on Wednesday 9 December (18:00 GMT), where The Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon will deliver an online lecture on 'Sentencing: The Judge's Role', chaired by Professor David Ormerod QC David Ormerod Book your place now bit.ly/2JwyNWn

Has justice been served during the pandemic? Join Vivienne Parry & special guests Dame Hazel Genn & Prof Cheryl Thomas (UCL Faculty of Laws) as they discuss the many ways in which the pandemic has brought the legal world to a halt & efforts to get it running again: bit.ly/3goKtqd

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Now available! Blackstone’s Criminal Practice 2021 Part E has been fully revised and replaced to reflect the latest guidelines. If you have purchased the 2021 edition, you can register for a free copy here bit.ly/3agycDj

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