Module 1 Elements of criminal liability
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Actus reus and mens rea
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Strict liability and transferred malice
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Core principles of criminal liability
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Definition of an offence: actus reus
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Definition of an offence: mens rea
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Definition of an offence: classification
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Burden and standard of proof
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Burden and standard of proof (criminal trial)
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Capacity to commit a crime
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 2 Offences against the person
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Common assault and battery
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ABH, GBH and wounding (ss.47, 20, 18 OAPA 1861)
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Assault and battery
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s. 18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
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s. 20 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
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s. 47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
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Take AssessmentModule 3 Homicide
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Murder
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Voluntary manslaughter
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Involuntary manslaughter
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Unlawful act manslaughter
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Manslaughter by gross negligence
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Partial defences: loss of control
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Partial defences: diminished responsibility
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Take AssessmentModule 4 Property and fraud offences
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Theft and robbery
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Burglary and aggravated burglary
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Criminal damage and arson
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Fraud offences
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s. 1 Theft Act 1968
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s. 8 Theft Act 1968
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s. 9 Theft Act 1968
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s. 10 Theft Act 1968
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Simple criminal damage
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Aggravated criminal damage
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Arson
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Fraud by false representation
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Fraud by failing to disclose
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Fraud by abuse of position
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 5 Defences
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General defences
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Partial defences to murder
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Self-defence and the prevention of crime
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Defence of another
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Defences: intoxication
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Insanity, automatism and intoxication as defences
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 6 Parties and inchoate offences
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Accomplices
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Attempts
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Principal offender
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Joint enterprise
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Inchoate offences and attempts to commit an offence
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 7 Criminal procedure
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Police powers and suspect rights
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Identification procedures
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Right to silence and adverse inferences
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Bail
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Classification and allocation of offences
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Disclosure obligations
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Right to legal advice
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Right to have someone informed of arrest
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Reviews and detention time limits under PACE 1984, Code C
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Procedure for interviewing a suspect under PACE 1984
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Advising a client, including vulnerable clients, whether to answer police questions
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Inferences from silence ss. 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
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Role of appropriate adult and who can be an appropriate adult
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When an identification procedure must be held
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Different types of identification procedure
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Procedure for carrying out an identification procedure PACE 1984, Code D
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The right to bail and exceptions
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Conditional bail
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Procedure for applying for bail
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Further applications for bail
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Appeals against decisions on bail
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Absconding and breaches of bail
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Classification of offences
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Procedure on defendant entering plea
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Advising the client on trial venue
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Procedure ss. 19–20 and s. 22A Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
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Sending without allocation s. 50A Crime and Disorder Act 1998
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Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing
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Magistrates' court case management directions
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Disclosure – prosecution, defence and unused material
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Applying for a representation order
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Role and appropriate conduct by defence legal representative solicitor including representation of vulnerable
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Solicitor’s duty to the court
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 8 Evidence in criminal proceedings
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Hearsay evidence
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Bad character evidence
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Confession evidence
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Identification evidence
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Competence and compellability
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Difference between leading and non leading questions
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Special measures
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Visual identification evidence and Turnbull guidance
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Confession evidence and challenging admissibility ss. 76 and 78 PACE 1984
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s.78 PACE applications to exclude evidence
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Hearsay evidence and grounds for admitting hearsay evidence
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Bad character evidence and the 7 gateways s. 101(1) Criminal Justice Act 2003
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Procedure for admitting bad character evidence
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Court’s powers to exclude bad character evidence
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 9 Trial and sentencing
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Summary and Crown Court trial procedure
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Sentencing guidelines and types of sentence
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Appeals
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Procedural overview – what will happen at the hearing
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The role of the defence solicitor at the hearing
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Stages of a criminal trial, including submission of no case to answer
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Newton hearings
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Role of sentencing guidelines
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Determining seriousness: aggravating and mitigating facts
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Mitigation
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Custodial sentences
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Suspended sentences
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Community orders
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Concurrent and consecutive sentences
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Procedure for making the appeal
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Grounds of appeal
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Appeal against conviction and or sentence from the magistrates' court
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Appeal against conviction and or sentence from the Crown Court
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Appeal to the High Court by way of case stated
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Powers of the Crown Court
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Powers of the Court of Appeal
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Take AssessmentModule 10 Youth justice
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Youth court procedures and sentencing
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Jurisdiction and grave crimes
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Allocation and youths jointly charged with adult
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Referral orders
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Youth rehabilitation orders
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Detention and training orders
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Role of the Sentencing Children and Young People – definitive guidelines
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Take AssessmentModule 11 Syllabus items to be written
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Modes of address and court room etiquette
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Preliminary considerations for the use of the Welsh language in criminal proceedings