Defending Suspects at Police Stations
The Practitioner's Guide to Advice and Representation
5th Edition
Published on 17. June 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
1008 pages
978-1-903307-44-1 (ISBN)
Description
"Defending Suspects at Police Stations" includes an updated version of PACE and the full set of PACE Codes, making it the only fully comprehensive guide to advising detainees in police custody. Initial chapters outline the issues behind defending detained clients and examine the principles of PACE and the Codes of Practice. Subsequent pages tackle the various stages of representing a client including interview techniques, samples and searches and identification procedures. A wealth of advice is given on representing vulnerable clients and handling complaints against the police together with a helpful discussion of practical points, tactical tips and ethical issues. Boxed summaries ensure that vital information can be seen at a glance. It is fully revised and updated.
Reviews / Votes
'It is difficult to believe that a solicitor with a criminal practice dare leave his office without this work.' Justice of the Peace'Every legal representative called on to advise clients in police stations should have reference to it.' JCWI BulletinMore details
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-903307-44-1 (9781903307441)
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10/2011
6th Edition
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Ed Cape | Jawaid Luqmani
Defending Suspects at Police Stations
The Practitioner's Guide to Advice and Representation
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12/2003
4th Edition
Legal Action Group
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Persons
Ed Cape is a solicitor and Professor of Criminal Law and Practice at the University of the West of England, Bristol, where he is the Director of the Centre for Legal Research. Formerly a partner in a legal aid practice in Bristol, and a duty solicitor for ten years, he is a consultant to a major firm of criminal defence solicitors. Ed writes and researches in the fields of criminal policy and procedure, and legal services, and regularly lectures on courses for criminal lawyers.Jawaid Luqmani is a solicitor specialising in immigration law with Luqmani Thompson & Partners in London. He is an executive member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association and was appointed as an Immigration Assessor by the Law Society from 1999-2003, and was appointed to the advisory panel of the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner from November 2001-August 2005. Jawaid contributes regularly to Legal Action and lectures on training courses.
Content
The PACE Codes of Practice and amendments to PACE resulting from the Criminal Justice Act 2003 including the new Codes C and H in force from July 2006A complete and up to date version of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984The implications of the Terrorism Acts 2000 and 2006, for those arrested on suspicion of terrorist activity, are fully covered and the new Code H includedMany new cases are included, and their implications considered, including R v Howell; R v Hoare and Pierce, R v Beckles, Al Fayed and others v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and R (R) v Durham Constabulary and anotherChanges to immigration law and procedure resulting from the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004 and Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 2005