Throwing away the Rule Book: Riots, Rights and Remedies
Date:
Thursday 8th September 2011
Location:
Central Manchester
This practical seminar will address and invite discussion from practitioners on the following areas: (i) departure from Sentencing Guidelines in the sentencing of 'rioters' (ii) the refusal of bail - key authorities and how to identify potential challenges (iii) naming and shaming youth offenders.
Showing Your Hand: Defence Disclosure
Date:
Weds 23 March 2011
Location:
Palace Hotel, Oxford Street, Manchester
The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Defence Disclosure Time Limits) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/209) came into force on 28.2.11. This seminar will address all of the new rules and protocols covering defence disclosure and consider the issues arising from these developments.
Joint Enterprise Liability (Sheffield Law Society Event)
Date:
16th September 2010
Location:
Sheffield
Cases of murder which arise from a group attack on an individual are far from rare these days. Usually only one person is responsible for the fatal blow but the others in the group are frequently charged with murder on the basis of joint enterprise. The legal issues these cases throw up as to the liability of these secondary parties are complex and continue to trouble the courts.
Wrongful imprisonment, Death Row and exoneration in the USA
Date:
13 October 2009
Location:
The University of Manchester
Man freed after 14 years on death row speaks in Manchester.
GCN's Mark George Q.C. will be chairing this presentation which is being run by Innocence Project New Orleans and Resurrection After Exoneration.