Sexual Offences Referencer 3e: A Practitioner's Guide to Indictments and Sentencing - Softcover

Laws QC, Eleanor; Lees, HHJ Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192844431 ISBN 13: 9780192844439

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2022

Synopsis

An easy to follow guide and referencer which contains all the technical information needed in sexual offences cases. The law in this area has expanded greatly in recent decades; many 'historic' cases are currently tried under the law existing at the time the offence was committed (and, if the abuse was lengthy, this will often straddle several pieces of legislation). Current editions of legal textbooks do not include the old laws that these historic cases fall under, so practitioners have to resort to a mix of old editions and new.

This book sets out the correct indictments and sentencing provisions for the different sexual offences dating back to 1943, to cover all cases which might be prosecuted. Anyone looking up a particular offence will find all the necessary technical information in one place. Each chapter sets out an offence (giving its historic and current description) and all that relates to it in terms of indictments and sentence, including current sentencing guidelines and relevant case law. The book also includes model indictments; timelines; the latest material from the Sentencing Council; the Notification Requirements as they have been amended; and specified offences under the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

About this title

About the Author

Eleanor Laws QC is a barrister at 6 Pump Court. She is regularly instructed in all manner of criminal cases. Her particular area of expertise is in the prosecution and defence of serious sexual violence and child abuse cases. She is Specialist Advisory Counsel to Jersey Advocates in cases involving serious sexual allegations.

Her Honour Judge Patricia Lees sits as a judge on the South Eastern Circuit. Prior to her appointment as Circuit Judge, she was a barrister at 23 Essex Street, specializing in criminal litigation. HHJ Lees has extensive experience in all areas of criminal law, both prosecuting and defending, with particular expertise in cases involving sexual allegations.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192844431
• ISBN 13: 9780192844439
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 720