Prep4Practice is a knowledge session designed to prepare students and junior practitioners for a career at the bar.
Topic: Crossing the Rubicon: Implications of s.75A of the Serious Crime Act 2015
The Non-Fatal Strangulation Offence as a Response to Domestic Violence and to Consensual ‘Choking’.
A lecture on why NFS is now on the statute books by HHJ Emma Nott.
HHJ Emma Nott is a Circuit Judge at Oxford Crown Court, Reading Family Court, and the Court of Protection, and a Justice of the BIOT Court of Appeal. She is a Judicial College Criminal Course Director and a Bencher at Gray’s Inn where she trains pupils and students. Away from the law, she is a Director of the charity Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas through which she advocates for those affected by epilepsy.
Event details
Registration Location: Online / in-person
Date and registration time: Monday 7 April, 5.45pm
Who can attend: Open to Gray’s Inn student and barrister Members only
Dress Code: Smart Casual
Cost:
- £10 students
- £12 barristers
Includes refreshments.
Cost online (Open to Circuit students and TQLs ONLY):
- All Members: £6
How to book
Book online via the Gray’s Inn Online System (GIOS).
Booking closes: 31 March 2025
Qualifying Session
Qualifying Session (QS): 1 QS
Theme: Preparation for pupillage, career development and wellbeing, Legal knowledge, Justice and the Rule of Law
Learning aims:
1. Understand the the rationale for s75A SCA 2015
2. Explore issues relating to consent in sexual offences.
This QS relates to the following elements of the Professional Statement for Barristers: 1.3, 1.5, 2.6.
Preparation required: No
To be awarded the QS for this event you are required to join the event on time and stay for the full duration of the event. Please enter your full name when joining the event so that we can record attendance and update the QS records accordingly. This can take up to two weeks.
Please see Qualifying Sessions for further information.