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On Wednesday the 6 November the Hon Mr Justice Peter Charleton visited the University of Galway to deliver two papers.

The first was delivered to Sentencing and Penal Policy students on the new LLM (Criminology, Criminal Justice and Human Rights). The paper was entitled “Sentencing chaos or sentencing bands?” and considered the development of judicial guidance on sentencing in Ireland with comparisons to England and Wales, and the United States.

The second paper “A Guide to Evidence in Sexual Violence Cases” was delivered to Evidence Law students. It considered numerous features of evidence law that impact on the effectiveness of prosecutions for sexual violence offences.

Mr Justice Charleton has been a judge of the Supreme Court since 2014 having been a Judge of the High Court from 2006. He is also an author of the leading Criminal Law Text, Charleton & McDermott’s Criminal Law and Evidence.