This course is designed to refresh and update police station practitioners in all aspects of their work. There will be plenty of opportunity to engage in discussion about local issues as well as keeping up-to-date with the national picture. Topics for the day will include:
Police station refresher – from the right to silence to disposals;
Investigations, diversions, bail and charge;
Joint enterprise – why it’s still catching people out;
Hearsay - why this evidence is still so relevant;
Bad character questioning and evidence – the latest cases;
Judgments – a round-up of the most significant.
Case studies – analysing advice and practice.
Law commencements – relevant to the police station.
Speaker: Matthew Hickling
Matthew Hickling, LLB (Hons) qualified as a solicitor in 1991. Before that, he spent 14 years on the police, rising to Detective Inspector. Since 1994 he has lectured widely to the legal profession and investigators on professional skills, criminal law and practice and professional ethics. In recent years Matthew has been creating and delivering the highest quality training packages for lawyers through Matthew Hickling Training Limited, an authorised CPD course provider. Although a freelance legal training consultant, Matthew is also lead assessor for Central Law Training on the Accreditation of Duty Solicitors and Police Station Representatives. |