Better Courts 2015 Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew CBE, QC.

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Better Courts 2015 Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew CBE, QC.

All magistrate courts should introduce a rota system, to ensure that a senior youth magistrate or youth ticketed District Judge is always sitting in the adult magistrate’s court when the Youth Court is not in session. Recommendation 1 Magistrates Association, ‘National Magistrates’ Court Mock Trial Competition’, from Magistrates Association (Online), 2015, accessed

All Children are represented by a youth specialist lawyer at the police station. To be monitored by Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CiLEX) and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Recommendation 2 Montpelier Police Department, ‘Juvenile Diversion’, from Montpelier Ohio Police Department (Online), 2015, accessed on

Children who have committed non-serious and non-violent offences, who have stopped offending, should have their criminal record expunged when they turn 18. Recommendation 3 Thompson Hall, ‘Step-by-Step Expungement Guide: How To Expunge in Minnesota’, from Thompson Hall (Online), 2014, accessed on

There should be a clear presumption – in law – that all child defendants are dealt with in the youth court. Recommendation 4 Magistrates Association, ‘Courts in England and Wales’, from Magistrates Association (Online), 2015, association.org.uk/education/info-for-young-people/courts/, accessed on http:// association.org.uk/education/info-for-young-people/courts/

The piloting of a problem solving approach in court for children, which would include judicial monitoring and continuity in cases, and powers to ensure children’s underlying needs are met. Recommendation 5 FridaCrim, ‘Today’s youth is worse than ever’, from FridaCrim (Online), , accessed on

Place greater emphasis on the involvement of victims as well as the participation of families and wider support services to enable the existing referral order to address the harm of the offence as well as its underlying causes. Recommendation 6 Youth Justice Board for England & Wales, ‘Victims of youth crime get greater access to restorative justice’, from Her Majesty’s Government, , justice, accessed on justice