Casey has worked across a full range of serious and high profile cases and has earned a noteworthy reputation for exceptional client care. She has a particular interest in representing vulnerable or marginalised people. She is a member of Hodge Jones & Allen’s specialist Youth Court Team and regularly acts on behalf of children and young adults.

Casey begins by outlining the rights of arrested juvenilles, as defined in national and international law; highlighting contemporary updates in legislation, guidance and processes. She describes an array of options available to the court when sentencing young people, as well as the practicalities and mechanics of the youth court and how it operates. She then goes on to give details of relevant case law, covering important topics, such as: modern slavery, child exploitation and referral orders.

Key Words/Topics:

S.37 Crime & Disorder Act 1998

Children & Young Persons Act 1993

Best interest principal

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), article 3 (1))

Arrested juvenile

Appropriate adult

Out of court disposals

Community resolution

Youth caution

Youth conditional caution

Triage

Youth Offending Service

Youth Justice Board

Strengthening Youth Diversion

New Child Gravity Matrix

Becoming an adult

Section 157 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012 (sections 91-102)

R v AAD and others

AFU [2023] EWCA Crim 23

ZA v R [2023] EWCA Crim 596

R v BSG [2023] EWCA Crim 1041

R v S [2021] EWCA Crim 960

s.45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015

Child Criminal Exploitation

Referral Orders