Preparing the case
- This section provides guidance on the principles that
you must take into account when drafting an Information
in order to ensure that it is legally correct and provides
sufficient details of the offence for which the defendant
is to be summoned.
- It also provides general guidance on how to select
the most suitable charge.
- The Principles that govern disclosure of information
to the public may also be relevant at this stage. Therefore
is may be prudent at the time you are preparing the case to
consider:
- whether you should seek publicity for the case; and
- what publicity may come directly from the press once the
case is underway.
See the section on Reporting
and Publicising Proceedings
