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Attending an interview as a suspect in any crime is always a stressful experience.
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We provide a free initial consultation in criminal cases. We do not handle Legal Aid cases. We do not act on a no win, no fee basis. All enquiries are completely confidential.
Criminal Defence Solicitors’ specialist Police Station team in Cuckfield have a deserved reputation for the highest standards of expertise in putting you at ease at such a difficult time, protecting your rights and achieving the best results. The early decisions made at your police station interview will be important to increase the prospects of avoiding the case going any further or avoiding conviction if your case does proceed to trial.
There is a common misconception that attending your police station interview in Cuckfield with a solicitor somehow makes you look more guilty. That is not the case, and the Police or the Courts do not draw that conclusion. On the other hand the presence of a solicitor ensures you receive expert advice on throughout your interview. For example, when and if to answer police questions at all and which information is in your best interest to share to the Police at which point of the case.
Firstly our goal is to seek to avoid you being arrested by advocating to the Police that an interview be conducted on a voluntary basis, and we will also negotiate with the Police to disclose any evidence in your case before you are interviewed. A voluntary interview also means there will be no automatic police entitlement to take your fingerprints, DNA, and photograph.
Need Police Station Representation in Cuckfield
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We provide a free initial consultation in criminal cases. We do not handle Legal Aid cases. We do not act on a no win, no fee basis. All enquiries are completely confidential.
Police Station Interview in Cuckfield
When we attend a Police interview in Cuckfield with you, beforehand we obtain from the investigators whether they will be Police Officers or from Government Departments. We will talk you through all your options and explain any legal issues that may have been brought to our attention including the law relating to any possible offence being investigated.
At this point we would like you to tell us in your own words your account of events. You then must decide whether your best interests are served by answering police questions, providing your account by a written statement or simply exercising your right of silence by giving a “no comment” interview.
We will be vigilant during the entire police interview, this may include objecting to inappropriate or irrelevant questioning, to your being questioned about significant matters that were not disclosed prior to the interview. And to ensure that the Police do not prevent you from putting forward what we decided that you wanted to say in interview and ensuring you do not forget to advance anything important.
Throughout your Police station interview in Cuckfield we will be making efforts to persuade them that there is insufficient evidence to take the matter further to avoid the Police recommending bail be refused or the imposition of inappropriate bail conditions.
For offences that are regarded as relatively minor, the Police decide themselves if the case goes to Court. However, for anything regarded as serious or complex the decision is referred to a Prosecution Solicitor at the CPS for a decision.
This applies, for example, to any allegation involving sexual offences, serious violence or large financial loss. Allegations that may not necessarily be serious in terms of likely sentence are referred to the CPS if they are deemed sensitive such as all cases of alleged domestic violence or racial aggravation.
The legal test the Police or CPS must apply before taking a case to Court is that a Court correctly applying the laws of evidence is more likely than not to find the person guilty.
