Client at the Police Station

We will be teaching the following parts of the SQE1 Assessment Specification:

Rights of a suspect being detained by the police for questioning:

• right to legal advice
• right to have someone informed of arrest
• reviews and detention time limits under PACE 1984, Code C.

Identification procedures:

• when an identification procedure must be held
• different types of identification procedure
• procedure for carrying out an identification procedure PACE 1984, Code D.

Advising a client, including vulnerable clients, whether to answer police questions:

• right to silence
• adverse inferences.

Procedure for interviewing a suspect under PACE 1984:

• role and appropriate conduct by defence legal representative
• requirements of a lawful interview under PACE 1984 Code C
• role of appropriate adult and who can be an appropriate adult.

We will finish by practising MCQs on what we have covered.

The Session will be recorded.