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Advising At The Police Station - Core Knowledge & Skills

BPP Professional Education

Summary

Price
£504 inc VAT
Study method
Classroom
Duration
1 day · Full-time
Qualification
No formal qualification
CPD
6 CPD hours / points
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Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

Location & dates

Location

Address
Venue may change up to 14-days before the course start date
BPP University, St James Building, 79 Oxford Street
MANCHESTER
Lancashire
M16FQ
United Kingdom
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Address
Venue may change up to 14-days before the course start date’
9-10 Portland Place
West London
London
W1B1PR
United Kingdom
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Overview

SRA Competence

B, C

Delegates

This course will be of benefit to anyone involved in advising and assisting clients at the police station stage.

Overview

Whether you're just starting out or have been doing it for some time there are certain skills and a ‘core’ knowledge that you must possess in order to do the job effectively. It's really all about the ‘room for manoeuvre’ of a client, the circumstances in which he can refuse to do something and the ramifications, later on, if relevant. We all bring our own unique way of advising the client to the job in hand but it does no harm, once in a while, just to remind ourselves of a few dos and don’ts.

Venue may change up to 14-days before the course start date. Enquire for dates.

CPD

6 CPD hours / points
Accredited by BPP Professional Education Limited

Description

By the end of this course you will be able to:

    • Advise the client in the areas of: identification, handwriting, the searching of bank accounts; pointing out to him his choices and the difference between an ‘adverse inference’ and ‘comment’ at trial
    • Advise the client on both intimate and non-intimate samples and explain whether or not they have any ‘room for manoeuvre’ in this area
    • Advise on whether a written statement and a no comment interview is the best course of action in all the circumstances
    • Recognise the differences between sections 34, 35, 36, and 37 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 when the matter becomes the subject of a trial at court
    • Understand the difference between the ‘reviews of your client's detention’ and the ‘custody clock’ – they are very different and may be running in parallel (but they may not!)
    • 12 useful questions ask the Disclosure Officer
    • Recognise when you have a conflict and understand the circumstances in which you may still continue to represent one and the circumstances in which you will have lost them all
    • Advise clients properly on the lawfulness of the ‘strip’ or ‘intimate’ search which was conducted prior to your attendance
    • Explain your very limited rights as a police station adviser
    • Confidently advise him to talk in his interview or to say nothing

Under the SRA’s new approach to continuing competence, solicitors are expected to use the Statement of Solicitor Competence to identify and address their learning and development needs. The competence statement requires the following competencies:

  • A - Ethics, professionalism and judgement
  • B - Technical legal practice
  • C - Working with other people
  • D - Managing themselves and their own work

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FAQs

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CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development. If you work in certain professions or for certain companies, your employer may require you to complete a number of CPD hours or points, per year. You can find a range of CPD courses on Reed Courses, many of which can be completed online.

A regulated qualification is delivered by a learning institution which is regulated by a government body. In England, the government body which regulates courses is Ofqual. Ofqual regulated qualifications sit on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), which can help students understand how different qualifications in different fields compare to each other. The framework also helps students to understand what qualifications they need to progress towards a higher learning goal, such as a university degree or equivalent higher education award.

An endorsed course is a skills based course which has been checked over and approved by an independent awarding body. Endorsed courses are not regulated so do not result in a qualification - however, the student can usually purchase a certificate showing the awarding body's logo if they wish. Certain awarding bodies - such as Quality Licence Scheme and TQUK - have developed endorsement schemes as a way to help students select the best skills based courses for them.
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