A Concise Guide to the Attorney-General's Guidelines on CPIA Disclosure 2024 - Webinar

Introduction

Case management places much greater emphasis on dealing with unused material in the run-up to trial. Not understanding the law - concisely summarised in the new Guidelines - may have fatal consequences for your case.

We are all busy practitioners, but this area of practice has to be addressed with care and that takes time and requires a thorough working knowledge of the law, practice, procedure and relevant caselaw. The more knowledgeable you are, the easier the task.

This webinar will equip you with the knowledge and tactics to recognise when a party is entitled to disclosure and when not. It will look at the limitations the law places on investigators and prosecutors in dealing with Unused Material. The obligations on the defence are examined in depth.

This webinar is aimed at anyone who wants to make better use of unused material and is suitable for advocates and criminal litigators.

Please note a basic knowledge of CPIA is assumed.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The ethos behind the Guidelines and why it matters
• Witness and complainant rights with Unused Material
• Accessing third party material generally
• What is disclosure management and who does it affect the parties?
• What is pre-charge engagement and what is in it for the defence?
• Sensitive and PII material
• Unused Material and digital devices
• The police duty to investigate exculpatory lines of enquiry
• Family proceedings
• Practice directions and procedural rules
• Lost or missing material - what can be done? Is it really a problem
• Things not to do
• Maintaining a lawyer’s armoury - work smarter, not harder