ABSTRACT
Prosecution Service also work under great pressure and mistakes are sometimes made.
• Take full advantage of the material that has to be disclosed by the Crown Prosecution Service, including: ❍ a copy of your client’s criminal record (where appropriate); ❍ a copy of the written records required to be disclosed under the
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
do not intend to call, but whose testimony may include evidence which is beneficial to the defence. Remember you are entitled to interview them, although professional ethics and good manners requires you to inform the prosecution of the interview;
the defence solicitor to have advance notice of the prosecution witness statements;
❍ where the case proceeds to the Crown Court, for example an offence of aggravated vehicle taking or death by dangerous driving, the defence are entitled to a ‘notice of the prosecution case’ which will disclose the charges and the evidence upon which the charges are based.
