Court Procedures

• Criminal Procedure Rules (2020)

Evidence Gathering

• Criminal Procedure Rules for "Evidence"

Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act (CPIA)

Legislation

• Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996

Guidance

• CPIA Code of Practice 2020
• CPIA Code of Practice  (2015)
• CPS Disclosure Manual
• Attorney General's Guidelines  (2024)
• National Disclosure Standards
• CPS Streamlined Summary Disclosure

Criminal Procedure Rules

• Criminal Procedure Rules
• Part 8 - Initial details of a prosecution case.
• Part 15 - Disclosure

Expert Witnesses

Rules

Criminal Procedure Rules

• Part 1 The overriding objective
• Part 19: Expert Evidence 

Criminal Practice Directions

• Chapter 7: Expert Evidence

Guidance

• HSE Guidance: Expert Evidence
• CPS Guidance: Expert Evidence

Academy of Experts

Interviewing Suspects

• Interview aide memoire
• PACE Codes of Practice
  
• National Appropriate Adult Network
• National Register of Public Service Interpreters

RIPA

Legislation

• Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
• Investigatory Powers Act 2016

Codes of Practice

• CoP Covert Surveillance (2024)
• CoP CHIS (2022)
• CoP Communications Data (2018)

Forms

• RIPA Forms (Home Office Website)

Relevant websites

• Investigatory Powers Commisioner's Office (IPCO)
• National Anti-Fraud Network (NAFN)

Sentencing Guidelines

• Food and Health & Safety
• Animal cruelty
• Dangerous dogs
• Environmental offences

Witness Statements

• Magstrates Court Act 1980
• Section 9 Criminal Justice Act
• Criminal Procedure Rules (2020)
• Impact statement for business
• Criminal Practice Directions (2023) 
• Joint Agency Guide to the Personal Victim Statement
• Witness charter

• CPS: Information for victims and witnesses
• "Witness in Court" Leaflet