Law 2101 Lecture 15: Law 2101 - Lecture 15:16 - Nov3:8
3 Dec 2016
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Lecture 15 and 16 nov 3rd and 8th, 2016. Most investigations commence with a complaint from a member of the public, but police are sometimes proactive. Sometimes the police are proactive they explore whether criminal activity has taken place (e. g. ) Crimes where both parties, are perfectly happy when these things are going on. Police lay the charges have to have reasonable grounds and then they can lay charges. It is possible that you want to charge someone of the charge, but the police will say no . Private prosecutions (made without the police) are allowed in order to get the charges laid; very rare public authority can take it over and throw it out. Espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) (cid:396)ests la(cid:396)gel(cid:455) (cid:449)ith c(cid:396)o(cid:449)(cid:374) atto(cid:396)(cid:374)e(cid:455)(cid:859)s offi(cid:272)es. Crowns screen cases and prosecute only those cases that are in the public interest and for which there is a reasonable prospect of conviction. Must disclose case to the accused in advance of trial.
