Trial Procedure — SQE1 FLK2 Criminal Law and Practice

Your client has been reading about criminal trials and is certain the defence speaks first and the Crown has the final word, and he has it backwards on both counts.
Practise this topic with exam-style questions: sqe1prep.co.uk/sqe1/criminal-law?utm_source=po…
In this episode:
• The order of a Crown Court trial, stage by stage
• When leading questions are allowed, and when they are not
• Galbraith, and why the judge takes the case at its highest
• The prosecution closes first; the defence has the last word
• Competence, compellability, and who cannot be forced to testify
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