James Dawes QC

Barrister

2 Harcourt Buildings

This seminar will cover

Challenging Evidence Sourced

From Overseas

• Defence opportunity to challenge

• Further challenges via Brexit

• Defence international enquiries

• Mutual Legal Assistance

Requests for Legal Assistance

• European Investigation Order

• European Union Freezing Order

• European Union Confiscation Order

• ILO International Letter of Request

• Criminal Justice European Investigation Order

Defence Strategy

• Mechanisms

• Time limits

• EIO versus ILOR

• Dual criminality

European Investigation Order

• Grant EIO by Prosecutor or Judiciary

• Proportionality and necessity

• ILOR Section 7 Crime (International Cooperation) Act 2003

• Art 2 2001 Protocol

How to Challenge Evidence

Found Under an MLA

• S 78 PACE

• Statute barred applications and evidence

• ILOR

Business Records

Strategic Tips for the Defence Solicitor

Can the Defence Make Their Own

Official International Enquiries?

• Ask CPS

• Type of applications

• Solicitor strategies

You can contact James Dawes QC to discuss your caseload via his clerks on this e mail

[email protected]