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INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING
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SUSPECT
When to caution a witness/suspect R v Shillibier [2006] EWCA Crim 793 DOWNLOAD
Pre interview disclosure* (See PACE Code C 11.1.a 2014) - Not cricket to disclose evidence to suspect - R v Imran [1997]
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Prepared Statement prior to interview - R v Knight [2003] DOWNLOAD
Prepared Statement - R v McGarry [1998] DOWNLOAD
Adverse Inferences - R v Roble [1997] DOWNLOAD
Solicitors Advice & Adverse Inferences - R v Argent [1996] [1997] DOWNLOAD
Conversation or Interview? DPP v Hughes [2011] DOWNLOAD
Interview - No caution - R v Williams 2012 DOWNLOAD
Adverse inference from silence - prepared statement - T v DPP [2007] DOWNLOAD
Fitness for interview and access to legal advice - Beeres v CPS [2014] DOWNLOAD
No obligation to answer police questions - Rice v Connolly [1966] DOWNLOAD
Special Warnings - s36 - (Object/Mark/Substance) - R v ABBAS [2010] DOWNLOAD
Special Warnings - s36 Flow chart - DOWNLOAD
Special Warnings - s37 Flow chart - DOWNLOAD
Oppression - R v Prager 1972 - DOWNLOAD
Oppression - Jake Hawkins Scottish Case [2017] - DOWNLOAD
Adverse inferences plus officers reading witness statements in interview - R v CHIVERS [2011] - DOWNLOAD
PACE Code C 10 - Cautions & Special Warnings - DOWNLOAD
PACE Code C11 (Including 11.1.a) General Interviews - DOWNLOAD
Pre interview briefings & Legal advice - R v Saunders [2012] - DOWNLOAD
ACPO Guidance on Pre Interview Briefings with Legal Reps (Current) [2014] -
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ACPO Position statement re prepared statements - DOWNLOAD
VICTIM - WITNESS
R v Barker 2010 - Competence of (child) witness - Baby P - DOWNLOAD
ABE in Criminal Proceedings - Guidance on interviewing victims & witnesses and using special measures - DOWNLOAD
ABE - Special Measures Fact Sheet - [2011] - DOWNLOAD
ABE - Vulnerable & Intimidated Witnesses [2011] - A Police Service Guide - DOWNLOAD
Victims of Crime - Code of Practice - DOWNLOAD
National Policing (NPCC) position statement re recording victims, witnesses & suspects on BWV DOWNLOAD
PRISON
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'Assisting Offenders' Sections 71-75 Serious Organised Crime & Police Act 2005, placing a legal framework around the use of the 'super grass' DOWNLOAD
The Offender Management Act 2007 - DOWNLOAD
Taking articles into prison (OMA 2007) - both actus reus & mens rea required - CPS v M & B 2009 DOWNLOAD
R v P - R v Blackburn 2007 - 'Assisting Offenders' that received reductions in sentences DOWNLOAD
Reduction in sentence pre SOCPA - R v A & B 1998 DOWNLOAD
Reduction in sentence s73 SOCPA 2005 - R v Jackson 2009 (Court of Appeal) Unreported DOWNLOAD
R v Bevens [2009] 'Assisiting Offender' who appealed against discounted sentence. (Link to R v Blackburn) DOWNLOAD
R v D [2010] - Review of Sentence for intelligence only - S.74 SOCPA 2005 DOWNLOAD
No guarantee of 50% reduction SOCPA - R v Ford [2011] DOWNLOAD
HMIP Annual Prison Inspection report 2019/20 - DOWNLOAD
ENTRAPMENT - AGENT PROVOCATEUR
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The definition of 'Agent Provocateur' - DOWNLOAD
Was the offence 'laid on' or did the informant instigate it? - R v Birtles 1969 DOWNLOAD
Offence 'laid on' or created by the State? R v McEvilly & Lee 1973 DOWNLOAD
Use of police agent who used 'every trick in the book' R v Ameer & Lucas 1977 DOWNLOAD
Interviewed when not protected by caution - R v Bryce 1992 DOWNLOAD
Interviewed by undercover police on 'equal terms' R v Christou & Wright 1992 DOWNLOAD
Use of a 'sting' vehicle NOT entrapment - Williams and O'Hare v D.P.P. 1994 98 Cr. App. R. 209 DC. Divisional Court - DOWNLOAD
Did officers use a trick to entrap the defendants - R v Smurthwaite & Gill 1994 1 All ER 898 DOWNLOAD
Entrapment - Did taxi driver have to stop? - Nottingham Council v Amin 2000 DOWNLOAD
Was the defendant presented with a ‘unexceptional opportunity’ to commit an offence - R v Loosely 2000 DOWNLOAD
Was Police Officers request to buy drugs an inducement to sell them. R v Bellingham (NI) (NICC2) 2003 DOWNLOAD
Police Officer created the crime - R v Moon [2004] DOWNLOAD
Drug Dealer Sentencing Guidelines - R v Afonso [2004] DOWNLOAD
Changing circumstances in police operations must be recorded and authorised - R v Harmes & Crane 2006 DOWNLOAD
Latest case from N. Ireland re entrapment and use of 'state agents' R v McCaugherty 2011 DOWNLOAD
Did police induce M to committ and offence? R v M 2011 DOWNLOAD
Defendants 'lured' into supplying cocaine? R v Moores & Burrows DOWNLOAD
Defendants not forced to commit crime nor enter 'sting shop' - R v Palmer 2014 - DOWNLOAD
INTELLIGENCE
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A judicial review regarding the disclosure of an informants identity to the defence - The Queen (WV) v CPS 2011 DOWNLOAD
Police have a 'duty of care' to protect informants - Swinney v CC Northumbria 1999 DOWNLOAD
Observation Posts - Protection of the informants - R v Hewitt & Davis [1992] DOWNLOAD
Disclosure - Failing to reveal role of 'informant' - R v Rowe, Johnson & Davis [1993] DOWNLOAD
Disclosure - Failure to reveal intelligence to defence - R v Jason Garland [2016] DOWNLOAD
CHIS Codes of Practice 2018 - DOWNLOAD
Did police induce M to committ and offence? R v M 2011 DOWNLOAD
Defendants 'lured' into supplying cocaine? R v Moores & Burrows DOWNLOAD
Defendants not forced to commit crime nor enter 'sting shop' - R v Palmer 2014 - DOWNLOAD
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DISCLOSURE
AG Guidelines on Disclosure 2020 - DOWNLOAD
CPIA Codes of Practice 2020 - DOWNLOAD
'Making it Fair' - HMIC Inspection on Disclosure 2017 - DOWNLOAD
The Queen & E [2018] EWCA Crim 2426 - Reasonable lines of enquiry
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CPS Guide to 'reasonable lines of enquiry' and digital media downloads
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DENTIFICATION
Identification from CCTV - R v Moss [2011] DOWNLOAD
Identification from CCTV footage - R v Chaney 2009 EWCA Crim 21 DOWNLOAD
Identification from known offender on CCTV - R v Dean Martin Smith & Othrs 2008 DOWNLOAD
ADVOKATE -One of the most important cases in identification - R v Turnbull 1977 DOWNLOAD
Identification & expert opinion from CCTV - R v Clare 1995 DOWNLOAD
PACE Code D - Identification of 'known & unknown' suspects by witnesses - DOWNLOAD
R v Forbes [2000] When the suspect requests, an identification parade is mandatory - DOWNLOAD
INVESTIGATION
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Cordon's at crime scenes - powers - DPP v Morrison [2003] DOWNLOAD
Crime scenes, seizure of evidence and serious crime - Ghani & others v Jones [1969] DOWNLOAD
Who is a 'person of interest' - DOWNLOAD
SURVEILLANCE
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Filming of drug dealers by public not covered by RIPA 2000 - R v Rosenberg 2006 EWCA Crim 6 DOWNLOAD
Using a listening device unlawfully - the catalyst for Part III the Police Act 1997 - Khan v United Kingdom ECHR 195 [2000] - DOWNLOAD
Listening in to 'privileged' conversations with client - R v Robert Sutherland & others 2002 DOWNLOAD
The use of observation posts and the protection of informants - R v Johnson 1988 DOWNLOAD
The use of observations and protecting the identity of informants - R v Rankine 1986 DOWNLOAD
Meeting with Legal Advisor subject to 'covert surveillance' - UKHL 15 [2009] - Re McE, M & C DOWNLOAD
Using observation log to refresh memory - R v Sekhon [1987] DOWNLOAD
Police Surveillance Driving - Agnew v DPP [1990] DOWNLOAD
Police Driving - R v Bannister [2009] DOWNLOAD
Intrusive Surveillance & Property Interference Codes of Practice - DOWNLOAD