Course description
Road traffic law is a specialised area with an array of offences and legislation in relation to them. This live broadcast session has been written by a person with more than 35 years of experience in dealing with these matters.
Leading trainer Colin Beaumont will provide an analysis of the guidance published by the Sentencing Council in relation to drug driving, and will discuss the schedule of permissible limits in relation to drugs - including amphetamine. Penalty points, current case-law from the High Court, and disqualifications from driving as a sentence will also be explored.
Some of the other key topics to be discussed include careless and inconsiderate driving, driving whilst not being in proper control of your vehicle, Section 35A and 35B of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, and much more.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
Road traffic law is a specialised area with an array of offences and legislation in relation to them.
You may be a person prosecuting road traffic offences in the Magistrates’ Court or the Crown Court or a defence solicitor representing private clients or acting as the Court Duty Solicitor.
This live broadcast session has been written by a person with more than 35 years of experience of dealing with these matters.
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive broadcast will cover the following:
- An analysis of the guidance published by the Sentencing Council in relation to drug driving
- The Schedule of permissible limits in relation to drugs - including amphetamine
- The law in relation to both drugs and alcohol extracted from the Road Traffic Act 1988 - Sections 4 - 7A - a consideration of the statutory defences
- Penalty points - the magic number and the consequences that may or may not flow from acquiring them!
- Current case-law from the High Court - especially those cases concerning disclosure of material in road traffic cases - really useful stuff for prosecutors to know!
- Disqualifications from driving as a sentence
- Disqualifications, both mandatory and discretionary as ancillary orders to a sentence - starting points and finishing points
- Disqualifications until re-test - an area fraught with misunderstanding
- Driving whilst disqualified - some things you never knew about this offence
- Careless and inconsiderate driving
- Driving whilst not being in proper control of your vehicle - including, using hand-held devices
- Aggravated vehicle taking - an analysis of how it all went horribly wrong in the case of Maxwell and R [2017]
- ‘Causation’ and the important cases of R v Hughes and R v Taylor (Appellant)
- Road traffic issues in the Youth Court including the very important case of B and Leeds Crown Court and the Crown Prosecution Service
- Appeals and applications for early removal of disqualification
- The definitions of ‘driving’, ‘attempting to drive’ and being ‘in charge’
- Commencing proceedings in the Magistrates’ Court - Rule 7 of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 (as amended)
- Section 35A and 35B of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988
- Costs - who is paying for all of this?
- A £200 fine and 6 penalty points for holding your mobile phone whilst driving!
- Miscellaneous Amendments to Sentencing Guidelines - the Sentencing Council - 1st April 2023
- 12 new Guidelines in relation to road traffic offences - the Sentencing Council - 1st July 2023
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