Advising on Consent at the Police Station

Introduction

This webinar will examine the issue of consent including samples and searches and is aimed at those who provide legal advice to suspects at the police station stage of proceedings.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The interview and the issue of consent
• Samples - intimate and non-intimate and whether consent is required
• Removal of clothing in order to look for scars, marks, tattoos
• Ultrasound and x-rays
• House searches under Section 18 of PACE
• Strip searches and intimate searches

This webinar was recorded on 2nd May 2019