Case File Preparation and Disclosure

Course Outline:

Investigators preparing criminal cases to pass to advocates for presentation require the knowledge and skills to produce comprehensive case files which contain all the relevant documentation and information required for hearings.

On this course delegates will analyse the contents of a case file, including the summary of the case, schedules of witnesses and exhibits, details of witness availability and copies of witness statements or reports, in order to ensure best practice in case file procedure.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the principles of case file management
• Identify and manage the content required for a case file
• Formulate a strategy for completing all relevant documentation
• Exercise judgment in relation to appropriate disclosure of material
• Build a case file to enable either an in-house or independent advocate to prepare the case for presentation at a preliminary hearing or trial