Criminal Evidence

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

Principles and procedures to admit and exclude evidence:

• burden and standard of proof
• visual identification evidence and Turnbull guidance
• inferences from silence ss. 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
• hearsay evidence:
  • definition
  • grounds for admitting hearsay evidence
  • Challenging admissibility
• confession evidence:
  • definition
  • admissibility
  • challenging admissibility s 76 1984
• bad character evidence:
  • definition of bad character
  • the 7 gateways s. 101(1) Criminal Justice Act 2003
  • the 3 gateways s. 100(1) Criminal Justice Act 2003
  • procedure for admitting bad character evidence
  • court’s powers to exclude bad character evidence
  • relevance of defendant’s good character
• exclusion of evidence:
  • scope and application of s. 78 PACE and the right to a fair trial.

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

The Session will be recorded.