Criminal Litigation in United Kingdom
Table of Contents
INVESTIGATION AND CHARGE
This Section covers:
- The powers to stop, search and arrest ;
- Detention and interrogation ;
- The right to silence at the police station ;
- Challenging unlawfully and unfairly obtained evidence ;
- Obtaining identification evidence ;
- The decision to prosecute and the prosecution’s duties of disclosure of evidence ;
FROM CHARGE TO TRIAL
This Section covers:
- Public funding and early stages of the criminal justice process ;
- The law and practice relating to court bail ;
- Prosecuting an either-way offence ;
- Prosecuting summary offences ;
- Crown Court proceedings pre-trial ;
- Trial before the Crown Court ;
THE RULES OF CRIMINAL EVIDENCE
This Section covers:
- The burden of proof ;
- Witness evidence ;
- Corroboration, the ‘turnbull guidelines’ and opinion evidence ;
- Hearsay evidence ;
- Character evidence and the accused as a witness at trial ;
- Private privilege ;
POST CONVICTION: SENTENCING AND APPEALS
This Section covers:
- Sentencing procedure and the general principles of sentencing ;
- Specific types of sentence and the plea in mitigation ;
- Appeals ;
YOUTH JUSTICE
This Section covers:
- Prosecuting young offenders ;
- Sentencing young offenders ;

Buy your Vintage Company Today
A vintage ready made (or vintage off the shelf) company is one that has already been formed at Companies House a long time ago; a registered company with a company number available for immediate use.- UP TO DATE. All our vintage ready-made companies are up to date, with dormant statutory filing.
- AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. Company number is available for immediate use.
- COMPETITIVE PRICES. Vintage company prices vary depending on date of formation, but we have the best prices.
- 17-Jun-03: £4.900
- 25-Jun-03: £4.900
- 30-sep-03: £4.800
- 04-Jan-05: £3.900
- 17-Oct-05: £3.700
- 17-Oct-05: £3.700
- 13-Jul-07: £2.900
Law is our Passion
This entry about Criminal Litigation has been published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) licence, which permits unrestricted use and reproduction, provided the author or authors of the Criminal Litigation entry and the Encyclopedia of Law are in each case credited as the source of the Criminal Litigation entry. Please note this CC BY licence applies to some textual content of Criminal Litigation, and that some images and other textual or non-textual elements may be covered by special copyright arrangements. For guidance on citing Criminal Litigation (giving attribution as required by the CC BY licence), please see below our recommendation of "Cite this Entry".
Cite this entry
Legal Citations Generator(2014, 04). Criminal Litigation lawi.org.uk Retrieved 01, 2021, from https://lawi.org.uk/criminal-litigation/
04 2014. 01 2021 <https://lawi.org.uk/criminal-litigation/>
"Criminal Litigation" lawi.org.uk. lawi.org.uk, 04 2014. Web. 01 2021. <https://lawi.org.uk/criminal-litigation/>
"Criminal Litigation" lawi.org.uk. 04, 2014. Accesed 01 2021. https://lawi.org.uk/criminal-litigation/
International, 'Criminal Litigation' (lawi.org.uk 2014) <https://lawi.org.uk/criminal-litigation/> accesed 2021 January 22
Usage Metrics
473 Views. 350 Visitors.Google Scholar: Search for Criminal Litigation Related Content
Schema Summary
- Article Name: Criminal Litigation
- Author: International
- Description: INVESTIGATION AND CHARGE This Section covers: The powers to stop, search and arrest ; Detention and interrogation ; [...]
This entry was last updated: November 4, 2020