A 2023 Update on Criminal Evidence

This 30-minute webinar will deal with relevant issues for criminal practitioners concerning evidence and in particular – text messages as evidence – the Code of Practice re extraction of information from electronic devices – loss of evidence – DNA evidence – cross-examination on a document not adduced in evidence – Section 98 (a) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 – adverse inferences from the suspects ‘no comment’ replies in interview – the latest PET Form in the Magistrates’ Court (January 2023) – inconsistent statements and Section 119 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 – attacking the character of a prosecution witness.

The material will be hugely relevant to anyone involved in the area of criminal law – you may be a defence lawyer – you may be a prosecution lawyer – you may be a legal adviser to magistrates.

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Learning objectives:

This presentation will cover those items mentioned in the description – here are just 3 examples of the things you will learn:

1 – R v Bedward – the latest on text messages

2 – R v Belhaj-Farhat – a very interesting case on DNA

3 – Harewood and Rehman – adverse inferences from the ‘no comment’ replies in interview

The speaker would recommend that you familiarise yourselves with the Sections of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 dealing with Hearsay and dealing with Bad Character – the Act is available on the website legislation.gov.uk.