- Podcast Location:
- Download it here [file size: 19.7 MB]
- Law Categories:
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Crime
- CPD Points:
- Up to one point - details »
Due to the difference in guidelines between the SRA and the Bar Standards Board, CPD points are awarded differently for Solicitors and Barristers...
Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority:
Listen and pass the test: Gain 1 accredited CPD point (60 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)
Regulated by the Bar Standards Board:
Listen and pass the test, gain ½ an accredited CPD point (30 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)
- Cost:
- Standard rate: £25 - Corporate users will pay less.
- Length:
- 30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute accreditation test) - Streaming Audio:
- Yes Downloadable as MP3: Yes
- Contributor(s):
- Course Aims:
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This podcast is aimed at practitioners in criminal law who are involved in sexual offence cases. The podcast gives an overview of the issues of bad character in cases involving sexual offences, and the Defendant's propensity to commit the type of offence with which he is charged. It considers each of the gateways through which bad character evidence can be admitted, and discusses the different possible directions that may be given to juries, and the implications of those directions.
- Outcomes:
- After completing the course you will:
- Have received an overview on the complex issues regarding bad character evidence, particularly in cases involving sexual offences, and the defendant’s propensity to commit such crimes;
- Know the gateways through which evidence of bad character can be admitted as evidence;
- Understand on what grounds a defendant or witness can apply to have evidence of bad character excluded;
- Know the difference between the current rules on propensity and the old rules on similar evidence;
- Understand the different directions that can be given to the jury by the judge and the different schools of thought on which they are based.
- Accredited CPD Time:
- 30 minutes
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Sources and References:
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- Criminal Justice Act 2003;
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
- R v Weir [2006] 1 W.L.R. 1885;
- R. v Tangang (Terence Nsunue)[2007] EWCA Crim 469;
- R v Chopra EWCA Crim 2133;
- R v Manister [2006] 1 WLR 1885;
- DPP v P [1991] 2 AC 447.
In this podcast we interview Felicity Gerry, a barrister at 36 Bedford Row, on the issues relating to a Defendant's bad character, particularly in cases involving sexual offences. The podcast gives an overview of the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, and considers the issues facing practitioners either defending or prosecuting.