Product Description

Defending Suspects at Police Stations includes an updated version of PACE and the full set of PACE Codes, making it the only fully comprehensive guide to advising detainees in police custody.

Initial chapters outline the issues behind defending detained clients and examine the principles of PACE and the Codes of Practice. Subsequent pages tackle the various stages of representing a client including interview techniques, samples and searches and identification procedures. A wealth of advice is given on representing vulnerable clients and handling complaints against the police together with a helpful discussion of practical points, tactical tips and ethical issues. Boxed summaries ensure that vital information can be seen at a glance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #117494 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 986 pages

Review
'It is difficult to believe that a solicitor with a criminal practice dare leave his office without this work.' --Justice of the Peace

'Every legal representative called on to advise clients in police stations should have reference to it.' --JCWI Bulletin

Justice of the Peace Book Review, 5 February, 2000
"It is difficult to believe that a solicitor with a criminal practice dare leave his office without this work."

About the Author
Ed Cape is a solicitor and Professor of Criminal Law and Practice at the University of the West of England. Formerly a partner at a legal aid practice in Bristol, and a duty solicitor for ten years, he is now a consultant to a major firm of criminal defence solicitors. Ed regularly lectures on courses for criminal lawyers and he writes and researches in the field of crime and criminal procedures both here and abroad.

Jawaid Luqmani is a solicitor specialising in immigration law with Luqmani, Thompson and Partners in London. He is an executive member of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association, contributes regularly to Legal Action and lectures on courses for immigration lawyers.

Customer Reviews

An excellent introductory resourse for practitioners
Cape provides an excellent introduction for solicitors or police station representatives, and particularly those in training. Carrying this book will provide many of the answers to procedural questions and a framework for constructing any representations.

The book presents the key elements of PACE in a readable format. Essential reading.

another great edition
A concise and easy to use guide for both students and practicing solicitors. In this up-to-date edition cape maintains his excellent track record. A must for legal-aid practitioners.