Criminal Law and Practice

Rights of a suspect detained by police, detention time limits, and advising vulnerable clients

PACE Code D identification procedures and when they must be held

Right to silence, adverse inferences, interview procedure, appropriate adults, and vulnerable clients

Right to bail, exceptions to bail, conditional and unconditional bail, police and court bail, further applications and appeals

Classification of offences, representation orders, procedural overview of first hearings, and the defence solicitor's role

Plea before venue procedure, advising on trial venue, mode of trial, and sending without allocation

Case management directions, prosecution and defence disclosure under CPIA, PII, and third-party disclosure

The golden thread of criminal law, legal and evidential burdens, statutory reversals, and Article 6(2) ECHR

Turnbull guidance on identification evidence, ss.34-38 CJPOA 1994 on inferences from silence, and advising clients

Definition of hearsay, common law exceptions, and CJA 2003 statutory provisions

Definition, admissibility, and exclusion of confession evidence under PACE 1984

Bad character evidence, the 7 gateways for admission, and exclusion under CJA 2003

s.78 PACE 1984, Article 6 ECHR, abuse of process, and the right to a fair trial

Stages of a criminal trial, courtroom etiquette, evidence rules, competence, compellability, and special measures

Sentencing guidelines, determining seriousness, types of sentences, and Newton hearings

Appeals from magistrates' court and Crown Court, case stated, judicial review, Court of Appeal powers, Attorney General's reference, and the CCRC

Youth court jurisdiction, sentencing children and young people, referral orders, youth rehabilitation orders, detention and training orders, and Welsh language rights in criminal proceedings