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EVENT:

Investigators PACE course (DUNGANNON, NI)

DATE:

07/10/2010 09:30
(Ends: 07/10/2010 16:00)

CONTACT:

Linda Bendell
linda@instituteoflicensing.org

LOCATION:

Cohannon Inn and Autolodge, 212 Ballynakelly Road Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, BT71 6HJ

DESCRIPTION:

This course will be held at Cohannon Inn and Autolodge.

The course is aimed at officers who have a duty to investigate, (Planners, EHOs, TSOs & Licensing Officers etc) and Solicitors who have a responsibility for ensuring the PACE legislation is complied with during the course of an investigation and interview.

AGENDA:

Topics covered on the course include the following:

  • What is PACE and who it affects.
  • How to record details in a pocket notebook.
  • What is evidence?
  • Admissibility of evidence.
  • What is hearsay, opinion, expert, real & documentary evidence?
  • What are exhibits? And how to introduce exhibits.
  • The “chain of evidence”.
  • How to write a witness statement.
  • How to take a witness statement.
  • When to caution.
  • How to take a written statement after caution.
  • How to conduct a contemporaneous notes interview. PACE interview rules and procedures.
  • The points to prove.
  • Types of defence/ due diligence/ mitigating circumstances.
  • How to plan a PACE interview.
  • How to conduct a taped interview in accordance with PACE.
  • The roles of all parties in a PACE taped interview.
  • What to do in a “no comment” interview.
  • When to cease an interview.
  • What should be said at the end of the interview?

  • THERE ARE LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE ON THIS COURSE SO BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

    FEES:

    COSTS

  • Institute Members - £75.00 + Vat
  • Non-members - £95.00 + Vat

  • The fee includes delegate handouts, including the tips and tricks of interviewing and lunch and refreshments on the day.

    ACCREDITATION:

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    LINKS:

    Venue directions:

    http://www.cohannon.com/location.htm

    CORRESPONDENCE:

    All queries should be directed to:
    events@instituteoflicensing.org

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