Active Defence: Lawyer's Guide to Police and Defence Investigation and Prosecution and Defence Disclosure in Criminal Cases - Softcover

Ede, Roger; Shepherd, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185328484X ISBN 13: 9781853284847

Publisher: The Law Society, 1998

Synopsis

This guide to the disclosure provisions of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 and police, forensic and defence investigation is essential for defence lawyers. It explains how they can manage restrictions on the disclosure of unused material, and deal with the requirement to give a written defence disclosure statement.

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Review

'This is the book to have. Every reflective practitioner must have a copy.' Criminal Practitioners Newsletter 'Excellently produced ... anyone in criminal practice, barristers as well as solicitors, prosecutors [and] defenders would benefit from studying it.' Justice of the Peace

About the Author

Eric Shepherd is a Chartered Investigative Psychologist in Investigative Science and is the author of Police Station Skills for Legal Advisers (Law Society, 2004). Jane Hickman is Managing Partner of Hickman Rose in London and is listed in Chambers UK 2006 as a leader in her field. She specialises in complex and difficult criminal work, particularly at the appellate level, and in cases straddling the criminal and civil jurisdictions. She is Secretary of the Criminal Appeal Lawyers Association and lectures regularly for the Legal Action Group and the London Criminal Solicitors Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Law Society
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 185328484X
• ISBN 13: 9781853284847
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 612