This course is available to junior lawyers at a discounted rate of £75 + VAT. Click here for more information.
This course is focused on the prosecution of cases that can arise out of the work of Trading Standards Departments in the important area of Consumer Protection. The course will be split into three sessions and will start with a refresher of the basic prosecution mechanisms which are applicable to all types of prosecution work. It will then focus on Trading Standards case work and consider some of the relevant legislation and offences using practical examples where possible.
The course will cover:
Basic foundations of all prosecutions, procedure and considerations of the relevant Codes, Guidance and Procedural Rules
Identifying the Defendant and the appropriate offences
Evidence, time limits, discovery and disclosure
Fraud Act 2006 – potential offences
Trade Marks Act 1994 – potential offences
Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 – potential offences
Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 – potential offences
The Primary Authority Scheme and potential issues
This course is most suitable for those who are new to prosecution work within a local authority and/or within their first few years of practice. Delegates should already have or intend to hold a right of audience in the magistrates’ court.
Stephen D. Turner, MStJ., MIoL, LLB
Stephen Turner is a solicitor with Kingston upon Hull City Council and specialises in regulatory prosecutions and licensing. He qualified in 1986 and was in private practice before moving into local government in 1994. Stephen has been solely responsible for advice to the Council and its Officers on all aspects of licensing law and procedure since 2004. He advises the Committee and Officers in connection with all applications, reviews, prosecutions, and appeals concerning licensing matters from taxis and private hire to sex shops, zoos and scrap metal dealers and is Legal Advisor to the Committee when in session. Stephen also deals with advocacy arising from decisions of the Committee by way of appeals or from the prosecution of offenders under all relevant legislation. Stephen is an experienced prosecutor for the regulatory departments of the Council dealing with all types of high-end cases from counterfeiting to food safety and fraud.
Stephen has presented lectures, workshops, and seminars to a variety of audiences including magistrates, solicitors, members of the Institute of Licensing, Council Members and Officers and others within his areas of interest and expertise.
Steve is a Past National Chair of Solicitors in Local Government (SLG now Lawyers in Local Government (LLG)), a former Chair and Branch Secretary of the Yorkshire and the Humber Branch of SLG/LLG, and the Litigation and Licensing Deputy National Lead (Licensing) for LLG. Steve is also the Vice Chairman of the Northeast Region of the Institute of Licensing (IoL) and an Independent Trainer, Lecturer, Mentor and Consultant. Steve chaired the IoL’s Working Party in 2018 which produced and published the Guidance on the relevance of previous convictions in Hackney and Private Hire Licencing.
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