Top Tips & Tactics on CPIA Disclosure - Live at Your Desk

Introduction

This virtual classroom seminar will equip you with the knowledge and tactics to recognise when a party is entitled to disclosure and when not, and to exploit / avoid the exploitation from any failures to comply with the law and/or directions. It will also steer you away from abuse of process arguments which are now, as a remedy for non-disclosure, largely dead in the water.

This highly practical course is aimed at anyone who wants to make better use of unused material and is suitable for both prosecution and defence lawyers. Senior Investigating Officers with legal qualifications may also find the course of value. New Guidelines on Disclosure and a new Protocol dealing with Family and Criminal matters come into force in Spring 2024. It is vital to understand them in order to deal with disclosure issues whichever side you act for.

Please note a basic knowledge of CPIA is assumed.

This live session includes real life examples, links to useful materials and plenty of references to statute, case law and the Criminal Procedure Rules.

Also updated to include third party rights to refuse to disclose under the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Act 2022, and changes to the Criminal Procedure Rules and the Criminal Practice Directions 2023.

What You Will Learn

This live broadcast will cover the following:

• The CPIA 1996
• The CPIA Code of Practice 2022
• The Attorney-General's Guidelines on Disclosure 2024 What is disclosure management and how does it affect the parties?
• Sensitive and PII material
• Disclosure of a witness’s digital devices
• The police duty to investigate exculpatory lines of enquiry
• Expert evidence and disclosure
• Family proceedings and the new Protocol for disclosure between Family and Criminal cases
• Practice directions and procedural rules
• Lost or missing material - what can be done? Is it really a problem?
• The essential and up-to-date case law
• Things not to do
• Maintaining a lawyer's armoury - work smarter, not harder
• Plenty of opportunity to ask questions

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.