Cost: from £115 + VAT

Speaker: Adrian Tonge

 This course will provide attendees with a solid understanding of the key principles and procedure relating to anti-social behaviour injunctions in both the county court and youth court. It will include the typical uses of an ASBI, including the history of such injunctions and orders, and other types of injunction. The course will cover:

• Who can apply for an injunction
• The test for obtaining an ASBI
• Making an application
• Prohibitions
• Mandatory conditions
• Powers of arrest
• Exclusion from the home
• Without notice applications
• The first hearing
• Directions, disclosure and defences
• Contested hearings
• Committal proceedings: breach, hearings and penalties
• After arrest
• On application
• Useful case law

This course is aimed at anyone dealing with anti-social behaviour and community safety within a local authority.