Child Harm Cases & Interaction Between the Family & Crown Court - A Guide for Criminal Lawyers

Introduction

This webinar will explore the correlation between care law cases and child cruelty, GBH and other cases in the criminal courts.

Issues examined within the webinar will include how to choose an expert and how to cross examine expert testimony with both courts. As well as issues to do with the burden of proof and evidence gathering.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• How to instruct an expert appropriately
• How to frame questions properly in care cases
• How to check the expert's CV
• How to cross examine in the Family Court
• How to deal with police investigations
• How to damage limit if your client is in the pool of perpetrators
• What disclosure to seek in the Crown Court
• Cross examination in the Crown Court
• Proofing your client in the Crown Court

This pre-recorded webinar will be streamed at 12:30pm on Friday 13th January 2023 and will remain available to view by delegates who have registered by then for 90 days.