Criminal Evidence and Trial
Proof, identification, silence, hearsay, confessions, bad character, exclusion, trial stages, questioning, witnesses, special measures and court duty.
How to study for FLK2
Use closed-book rule anchors, realistic client facts, primary-classification ranges and an ethical decision check across every subject.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Apply burden and criminal standard, Turnbull identification safeguards and statutory inferences from silence.
Exam cue: For evidence identify relevance, rule, gateway, notice, exclusion and weight.
Concept 2
Analyse hearsay, confession and bad-character definitions, gateways, procedures and exclusion powers.
Exam cue: Separate admissibility from the ultimate verdict.
Concept 3
Apply section 78 PACE and fair-trial principles to improperly obtained evidence.
Concept 4
Run magistrates' or Crown Court trial stages, no-case submission, questioning, competence, compellability, special measures, the defendant's good character and duty to court.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Treating all second-hand evidence as automatically inadmissible.
Guardrail: Check the sitting-specific law cutoff, keep Solicitors Accounts in its official context and reject any answer that imports an FLK1 rule as the controlling subject.
Using leading questions without regard to examination stage and witness.
Guardrail: Check the sitting-specific law cutoff, keep Solicitors Accounts in its official context and reject any answer that imports an FLK1 rule as the controlling subject.
Memory anchors
Criminal Evidence and Trial: scope
Proof, identification, silence, hearsay, confessions, bad character, exclusion, trial stages, questioning, witnesses, special measures and court duty.
Criminal Evidence and Trial: focus 1
Apply burden and criminal standard, Turnbull identification safeguards and statutory inferences from silence.
Criminal Evidence and Trial: focus 2
Analyse hearsay, confession and bad-character definitions, gateways, procedures and exclusion powers.
Criminal Evidence and Trial: focus 3
Apply section 78 PACE and fair-trial principles to improperly obtained evidence.
Criminal Evidence and Trial: focus 4
Run magistrates' or Crown Court trial stages, no-case submission, questioning, competence, compellability, special measures, the defendant's good character and duty to court.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
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