Publisher's Synopsis
The new legal practice course marks a shift in focus, from the traditional book learning of the old course towards an emphasis on legal skills gained through practical exercises. This book on criminal litigation is part of a series which will provide a guide to the law, practice and procedure.;Each guide will explain the relevant substantive and procedural law and where appropriate will contain sample precedents, documents and check lists as well as excerpts from relevant practitioner texts. Sample questions and exercises will also be included as a stimulus to further reading.;This guide explains and describes the criminal litigation process from the stage at which the police first undertake investigation of a crime through to criminal appeals. It is intended to be a comprehensive and self-contained resource book avoiding the need to refer to other sources for information. It deals in a highly practical way with criminal procedure, including consideration of tactical aspects and incorporates a discussion of relevant skills and rules of professional conduct. Including in particular interviewing and obtaining instructions, negotiation, fact management and advocacy. As well as dealing with the rules of criminal procedure there is in-depth treatment of all relevant aspects of the law of criminal evidence. The guide concludes with a chapter on applications to the European Commission and Court of Human Rights.;The author also wrote the "Manual of High Court Litigation".
