Subjects:

Legal Manuals, Criminal Law

Contents:

Introduction

Investigative Powers of the Police (1): Outside the Police Station

Investigative Powers of the Police (2): Inside the Police Station

Juveniles at the Police Station

Role of the Solicitor at the Police Station

Initial Hearings in the Magistrates’

Court

Bail

Preparation for Trial in the Magistrates’

Court

Summary Trial and Advocacy Techniques

The Crown Court

Sentencing: The Law

Sentencing in Practice

Appeals

The Youth Court

Road Traffic Offences

Introduction to Evidence

Visual Identification Evidence and Corroboration

Inferences from Silence

Hearsay Evidence

Confession Evidence

Exclusion of Evidence

Character Evidence

Appendix

Criminal Litigation: Practice and Procedure provides a thorough and practical guide to all areas of law and practice with which the aspiring criminal litigator needs to be familiar. Written with the LPC in mind, this book is suitable for both the core module of Criminal Litigation and the Advanced Criminal Practice option.

An integrated case study is used to demonstrate both common documents and skills required of a criminal practitioner (eg bail application, plea in mitigation) and, in addition, examples are used throughout the text to illustrate points of complexity.

Completed copies of the most important court forms are included where appropriate, and invaluable checklists and flowcharts can be found at the end of each chapter to assess understanding of the topics covered.

Statutory authorities and case law have been updated since the second edition to take account of recent developments in the law. In particular, several recent Court of Appeal cases on the law of evidence have been added and coverage is given to the introduction of ‘Simple, Speedy, Summary Justice’ in the magistrates’ court.