Criminal Defence
Good Practice in the Criminal Courts
2nd Edition
Published on 19. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-85328-830-2 (ISBN)
Description
This text is a practical, step-by-step guide to preparing a criminal case. It prompts solictors when actions need to be considered, when investigations need to be made and when information needs to be gathered. It offers advice on practice management, case management and investigation of defence and prosecution cases and appendices include the mode of trial guidelines, sentencing guidelines and the code for crown prosecutors.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
forms
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
619 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85328-830-2 (9781853288302)
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Persons
Roger Ede is a member of the Law Society's Representation and Law Reform Directorate, the Governing Council of the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners. He also sits as a Deputy District Judge. Anthony Edwards is the Senior Partner in the leading criminal practice TV Edwards, an established author and a lecturer for CLT and BLS.
Content
The defence solicitor; legal and professional duties; practice management; case management; obtaining core information; shaping the case in the police station; funding the case; the defendant in custody; determining if there is a case; representations to the CPS; advising your client to plead guilty or not guilty; choosing a place of trial; preparing for sentence - plea of guilty or conviction; preparing for different types of hearing in the magistrates' court; The Youth Court; preparing the case for a plea of not guilty; preparing for preliminary hearings in the Crown Court; preparing for a contested trial; action after acquittal or conviction and sentence.