o An introduction to Criminal Law – Setting the scene
- Trial on Indictment
- Summary Trial
- Classes of Offences
- Office and Legal Conduct
o Preliminaries to Court Appearances
- ‘PACE’, Procedure, and Codes of Practice
- Commencing a Prosecution: The Two Basic Methods
- Arrest, investigate and charge
o Prosecutors & Legal Personnel
- The Police
- The Crown Prosecution Service
- The Law Officers
- Barristers / Counsel
- Solicitors
o The Decision to Prosecute
- Methods of commencing a prosecution
- Alternatives to Prosecution – Decision and Consideration
o The Wheel and Oil of the Criminal Justice System
- The Criminal Court Structure and the European Dimension
- Youth Courts
- Jurisdiction of the Courts
- Bail and Remands
- Mode of Trial
- Disclosure
- The Course of the Trial
- Sentencing
- The Crown Court
o Legal Word Processing & Essentials of Application & procedure (Practical
Exercises)
