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Daniel Wild

Reading Borough Council
Daniel is a Pupil Barrister in the Joint Legal Team at Reading Borough Council. Daniel has previously worked within at an in-house legal team at Wakefield Council for six years.
 
Daniel advises and represents the Local Authority on all types of public law cases concerning children which includes forced marriage and female genital mutilation protection cases. Daniel also advises Local Authority’s at a pre-proceedings stage as well as outside of proceedings on Local Authority’s statutory duties.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • Called 2025

Experience

  • Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (2019 - 2025)

Membership

  • Family Law Bar Association

Qualifications

  • Bar Training Course (Merit) (2024)
  • LLB Law (First Class) (2019)

Education

  • BPP University (2024)
  • Sheffield Hallam University (2019)

1 Contributions by Daniel Wild

Tattooing of Minors Act 1969 and Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010: Under-18 Offences, Defences, Due Diligence, Restricted Zones, Corporate Liability, Enforcement and Sentencing
PRACTICE NOTES
Tattooing of Minors Act 1969 and Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010: Under-18 Offences, Defences, Due Diligence, Restricted Zones, Corporate Liability, Enforcement and Sentencing
Practice Note This Practice Note outlines the criminal offences of tattooing individuals under 18 under section 1 of the Tattooing of Minors Act 1969, and the prohibition on under-18s using sunbeds under section 2 of the Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 (S(R)A 2010). It also summarises the available defences and the potential sentences for these offences... Tattooing of minors Tattooing anyone below 18 is an offence unless carried out for medical purposes by a suitably qualified medical practitioner, or by someone acting under that practitioner’s direction. A defence exists where the accused can demonstrate that, at the time of the procedure, they had reasonable cause to believe—and genuinely did believe—the person was 18 or over. A tattoo is the insertion into the skin of colouring material intended to produce a permanent mark. On summary conviction, an offender is liable to a fine up to level three on the standard scale (currently £1,000)... Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 Under S(R)A 2010, there is a prohibition designed to prevent persons under the age of 18 from using sunbeds...
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