Adam has an extensive practice focused on criminal, extradition and public law. Adam has a busy criminal practice appearing in the Crown and Magistrates’ Courts. His regular criminal practice has given him extensive exposure to new legal areas; a proving ground in which he has shown his ability to get to grips with difficult legal matters in a short space of time and communicate clear advice to his clients.

In this presentation, Adam presents a criminal law update, highlighting changes in a variety of areas of criminal law, revealing new offences an a number of new police protest-related powers. He then goes on to outline the new scales of costs for the Crown Prosecution Service that were introduced on the 1st May 2024, as well as new criminal procedure rules. He also provides updates on relevant case law, crown court policies, and sentencing guidelines.

Key words/topics

Online Safety Act Offences

Drone Offences

The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Prisons and Young Offender Institutions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2024

Public Order Act 2023

Stop and Search without suspicion

Serious Disruption Prevention Orders

New Scales of Costs

Criminal Procedure Rules

Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure

Thompson v CPS [2024] EWHC 470 (Admin)

R (Molina) v Snaresbrook Crown Court [2024] EWHC 816 (Admin)

R v Layden [2023] EWCA Crim 1207

CCDCS and Common Platform

Rape trial backlog initiative

Sentencing Council Guidelines Update

R v Ahmed [2023] EWCA 1521