Criminal Litigation

• Criminal Litigation offers a detailed, step-by-step overview of the criminal justice process, taking readers through the Irish criminal justice system in a sequential manner that reflects the journey of an accused person from arrest to case cessation
• Written by authors from both prosecution and defence who daily find themselves at the coalface of criminal advocate practice, the manual focuses on the implementation of legislation and case law in a real world practitioner environment, helping students make the transition from theoretical criminal law to the realities of practice
• The book incorporates and normalises regulatory crime into general criminal litigation practice and extends its coverage to European perspectives, client care in the context of the management of a criminal practice, and solicitor advocate skills, making it a comprehensive reference guide for trainee solicitors and practitioners alike
• Criminal Litigation is part of the successful Law Society of Ireland Manuals series, which provides a unique guide to the law, practice and procedure in Ireland

New to this edition

• Ten extensively re-written and updated chapters
• New chapters on regulatory crime and the European arrest warrant procedure
• Greatly extended chapter on bail law
• Practical focus on the procedural application of evidential rules, explored in depth through two case studies in the Evidence chapter

Readership: The manual is essential reading for trainee solicitors studying criminal litigation on the Law Society of Ireland's Professional Practice Course. It will also be of use to Irish practitioners working in the area of criminal litigation and other actors in the criminal justice system.

Edited by Maura Butler, Solicitor, lecturer and course manager on the Professional Practice Course at the Law Society of Ireland

I: General practice considerations
1: Introduction to criminal litigation practice and procedure
2: Regulatory crime
II: European legislation influences
3: European human rights law - criminal process issues
4: European arrest warrant
III: Pre-trial processes
5: Procedural application of evidential rules
6: The criminal investigation - prosecution perspectives
7: The arrested person in custody - defence perspectives
8: Process and procedure in the commencement of proceedings
9: The juvenile offender - process and procedure
10: Choice of trial venue
IV: Initial District Court procedures and road traffic offences
11: Bail
12: Legal aid, adjournments and remands
13: Road traffic offences
V: Trial procedure: summary and indictable
14: Conduct of summary trials
15: Proceedings related to indictable offences
VI: Sentencing, appeals and judicial reviews
16: Sentencing
17: Appeals and judicial review
VII: Solicitor-advocate skills and practice management issues
18: Court advocacy skills
19: Managing a criminal litigation practice
Appendices and Precedents