Legaleagle Training
Advising Suspects at the Police Station Stage – Part 4 – 20 FURTHER ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION – WEDNESDAY 15th FEBRUARY 2023 – 16:00 – 17.00: - COST - £75 + VAT
This presentation is Part 4 and follows Parts 1, 2 and 3 (see below). It has been written, and will be presented by, Colin Beaumont, author of the book – ‘A Practical Guide to Advising Clients at the Police Station’
You don’t need me to tell you that the police station, at times, can seem a very lonely place when you have a difficult client and officers who are less than fully cooperative
Important therefore that you have the confidence to meet the challenges that you will face there
It’s a fact of life that the more you know about a subject, the more confident you will be and the more effective you will be in making sure that the interests of your client are fully protected and advanced
ANYONE BOOKING ONTO THIS COURSE PRICED AT £75 + VAT WILL ALSO RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING FREE OF CHARGE:
1 – The 1-HOUR recording and full set of notes in relation to ‘Advising Suspects at the Police Station – Part 1’– the ZOOM presentation of the 27th May 2021
2 – The 1-HOUR recording and full set of notes in relation to ‘Advising Suspects at the Police Station – Part 2’ – the ZOOM presentation of the 29th July 2021
3 – The 1-HOUR recording and full set of notes in relation to ‘Advising Suspects at the Police Station – Part 3’ – the ZOOM presentation of the 13th June 2022
I think we can reasonably say that that amounts to 4 hours of CPD in relation to the viewing of the recordings and another 4 hours of CPD in relation to the reading of the material – 8 hours in total
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR TRAINING RECORDS UPDATED
HAVE A LOOK AT THE QUESTIONS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IN THE 20 ISSUES – CAN YOU ANSWER THEM? – AS THE ADVISER, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY?
This 1-hour ZOOM presentation will be accompanied by a full set of notes.
DON’T WORRY IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION (OR NEVER INTENDED TO ATTEND) –YOU WILL STILL GET THE FULL SET OF NOTES AND THE RECORDINGS WHICH YOU CAN SAVE TO A DEVICE OR WATCH AT YOUR LEISURE ON OUR YouTube CHANNEL
Anyone wishing to attend the session (or wishing to have the full sets of notes and the recordings afterwards without ever attending) should simply reply to this email by clicking here: mailto: colin@thelegaleagle.org or ring me (or send me a text) – (07887) 842985 and book a place.
The following 20 issues will be considered:
1 – The new position on pre-charge bail as a result of the implementation of Section 45 and Schedule 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 – 26th October 2022 – What is now the maximum period that the police can authorise by way of pre-charge bail?
2 – The new position regarding those persons falling within the definition of ‘holding a Position of Trust’ under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 as a result of the implementation of Section 47 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 – 28th June 2022 – How are you going to explain to your client the altered position he/she finds themselves in because the case against them is that they are in a Position of Trust?
3 – The new position regarding the police inviting clients to return to the police station in order that their biometric material (fingerprints/photographs/DNA) may be taken from them as a result of amendments to Schedule 2A of PACE under Sections 52 and 53 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 – 28th June 2022 – What advice are you going to give to the client who attends your office having been invited to return following a conviction at Court for careless driving?
4 – What did the Court of Appeal say in the case of Harewood and Rehman [2021] EWCA Crim 1936 where the defence opposed the application that adverse inferences should be drawn on the basis that no probative evidence had been adduced to show that a relevant question had been posed at the interview stage designed to elicit the point relied upon at trial?
5 – How did the Court of Appeal deal with a variation of the above issue in the case of R v Green [2019] EWCA Crim 411?
6 – What does the current Duty Solicitor Guidance document published by the Legal Aid Agency (Version 2 – October 2022) say about police station attendances in order to maintain your status as a Duty Solicitor?
7 – How are you going to advise your client on the implications of his DNA being found on an item easily transferable from place to place following the Court of Appeal decision in Regina v Belhaj Farhat [2022] EWCA Crim 115?
8 – Your client has been arrested and is being detained for being unlawfully in possession of a corrosive substance – Are you up to speed with the law on corrosive substances as contained in the Offensive Weapons Act 2019?
9 – Are you up to speed with the law as regards having consensual but unlawful sexual activity with a child – What did the Court of Appeal say about the law in this area in the case of R v Whitbread [2021] EWCA Crim 1413?
10 – Are you confident about your knowledge of the relationship between Schedule 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the client being subject to the Notification Periods under Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 as per the Table contained within Section 82 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003?
11 – What are you going to say to the police when they insist on interviewing your client tonight again about the same offence for which he/she has already been the subject of an interview on an earlier occasion when your firm did not represent?
12 – What are you going to say to the police when they say that the PACE clock starts again at 0 for today’s appearance at the police station even though you know that on the last occasion 20 hours had elapsed on the 24-hour PACE clock under Section 41 of PACE?
13 – Where would you find the list of things that you can and cannot do for a client when assisting them during the interview?
14 – Somewhat unusually, the police have obtained a Court Order in relation to the failure of the client to disclose his PIN – What does the legislation say in this area and how are you going to advise your client? – Any case-law?
15 – Having got to grips with voyeurism and the amendments to voyeurism by way of up- skirting, are you up to speed with the most recent addition to the law concerning voyeurism – operating equipment or recording any image re breastfeeding as a result of the implementation of Section 48 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 – 28th June 2022?
16 – Police have conducted a search and found a zombie knife in a cupboard in your client’s home – this is not a public place – Has any offence been committed under the Offensive Weapons Act 2019?
17 – The officers have arrested and detained your client in relation to common assault/battery in a domestic context that happened in July 2022 – that’s 8 months ago – What you going to say to the officer in the case? – Are you familiar with Section 49 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022?
18 – In the event of an escape (and with it, the ability to claim hourly rates), can you claim Duty Solicitor Serious Offence Rates if an Accredited Representative deals with the case on your behalf during your rota period – What does your Standard Crime Contract Specification Document (Version 1 – 1st October 2022) say about all of this?
19 – Are you permitted, with your clients written consent, the tell client No. 2 everything that client No. 1 has told you by way of instructions prior to them being interviewed?
20 – Your client is at the police station for causing death by careless driving – the evidence is very strong – is there anything to be said in such a case for advising the client to make full admissions and to show remorse and to be fully co-operative with the police in the interview?
It will be a 1- hour live and interactive session conducted via ZOOM. There is absolutely no requirement for any attendee to have purchased ZOOM. We just send you an email with a link the day before the actual presentation and you click on the link. It could not be simpler.
IMPORTANT
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Invoices will be sent after the presentation and our normal terms of business apply i.e. PAYMENT WITHIN 14 DAYS – the cost for each person attending or purchasing the recordings is £75 + VAT – if you have attended the presentation there will be no additional charge for a copy of the recordings