Trial, Appeals and Sentencing

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

Trial:

• summoning witnesses
• preparations for trial -
  • purpose of pre-trial checklists (listing questionnaires) and hearings
  • purpose of trial bundles.
• trial procedure including modes of address, court room etiquette and the difference between leading and non-leading questions
• the nature and effect of judgment.

Appeals:

• permission
• destination of appeals
• grounds for appeals.

Sentencing:

• role of sentencing guidelines
• determining seriousness including aggravating and mitigating facts
• concurrent and consecutive sentences
• mitigation
• types of sentence:
  • custodial sentences
  • suspended sentences
  • community orders
• Newton hearings: applicability and procedure.

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

The Session will be recorded.