Children in the criminal justice system: Crossing the age threshold into adulthood during COVID-19

Tuesday 19 May 2020

The Garden Court Criminal Defence Team welcome you to a series of webinars on children in the justice system. View previous webinars on our events page

Please click here to download the presentation slides.

Date: Tuesday 19 May 2020
Time: 11.30am-1pm
Venue: Zoom  
Areas of Law: Criminal Defence , Youth Justice & Child Rights

Share This Page

Email This Page

In the fifth and final webinar in this series, we covered the following areas:

  • What practitioners need to be aware of as defendants approach adulthood
  • Cases that can be deployed if a defendant has crossed an age threshold during COVID-19
  • Refresher of the case law regarding young defendants and 18 not being a “cliff-edge"
  • Dual impact of the removal of release at the halfway point for certain offenders

Please see the recording of the webinar below.

Speakers

Rajiv Menon QC, Garden Court Chambers (Chair)

Brenda Campbell QC, Garden Court Chambers

Emma Fenn, Garden Court Chambers

We are top ranked by independent legal directories and consistently win awards.

+ View more awards