Part 1 – About You

Q1. Name of Defendant:

Q2. Defendant’s Date of Birth & Age:

Q3. Name of person completing this questionnaire (if not person in named as the Defendant in Q1.)

Q4. Address where we can contact the person completing this questionnaire (including postcode):

Q5. Home/mobile telephone number:

Q6. Email address:

Q7. Defendant’s driving licence number:

Q8. Defendant’s passport number:

Q9. Insurance number:

Q10. Date and time of arrest(s):

Part 2 – Your Case

Q11. Is your case against (tick):

Q12. Are you on “Legal Aid” or paying privately?

Part 3 – Where are you?

Q13. Are you in custody?

Q14. If you (the Appellant) are in custody what Prison are you at?

Q15. Prison Inmate number (if applicable):

Part 4 – Previous Convictions

Q16. Does the Appellant have any previous convictions? If yes please explain:

Q17. Have you had a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check (either standard or enhanced) disclosure undertaken?

Part 5 – Your Health

Q18. Do you (Defendant) have any disabilities?

Q19. Have you (Defendant) ever been detained under the Mental Health Act?

Part 6 – Before your arrest

Q20. When were you aware that the allegations had been made or were you going to be made aware?

Q21. How you knew about the allegations, if applicable (who told you?)

Part 7 – Your Arrest

Q22. When were you (Defendant) arrested concerning this allegation?

Q23. Who was the police constabulary who dealt with your arrest?

Q24. Which police station were you taken too?

Q25. What was the name of the Police officer(s) who dealt with you?

Q26. Was an intermit DNA sample taken from you?

Part 8 – Your Police Station Solicitor

Q27. Did you have a Solicitor at the police station? If No, please explain why?

Q28. Was the Solicitor at the Police Station a “Duty Solicitor” or one that you found?

Q29. Name and address of attending solicitor at the police station if you had one.

Part 9 – Your Police Interview

Q30. Were you fit to be interviewed? If no please explain why.

Q31. Did you give a “No Comment” interview with the police if “Yes” Please explain why.

Part 10 – Your Charge

Q32. What were you charged with?
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE ONLY DEAL WITH SERIOUS
ARRESTABLE OFFENCES AS LISTED ON OUR HOME PAGE.

Part 11 – Your Bail

Q33. Were you bailed to re-appear or were you arrested and charged on the same day?

Q34. If you were bailed to re-appear please give date you were to reappear and your “Bail Address”.

Part 12 – At the Magistrates’ Court

Q35. Which Magistrates Court did you attend and on what date(s)?

Q36. Your Solicitor’s name at Magistrates Court, if different from one attending police station:

Part 13 – Co-Defendants

Q37. Are/were there any Co-Defendants in your case? (If NO please go to Q41)

Q38. If you answered yes to Q37, Please give their full names:

Q39. May we contact the Co-Appellant(s) representative?

Q40. Please give full contact details of Co-Appellant(s) – include full name, address and telephone number(s), or main contact details of person/family member representing them).

Part 14 – The Complainant

Q41. Information about the Complainant:

Please kindly note: This information is protected under the Data Protection Act 1998, Sexual Offences (Protected Materials) Act 1997, s(1) and s(2) Sexual Offences Amendment Act 1992 and any other acts of law which are applicable.

Q42. Age of Accuser at the time of alleged offence(s):

Q43. Relationship to you if any (if more than two, please continue, giving names and addresses):

Part 15 – Your Charge

Q44. What were the allegations in the first instance?

Q45. Venue(s) of alleged offences:

Q46. General Background of case:

Q47. Please give a break down of events leading up to the allegations being made:

Q48. Recent complaint (first time the complaint was ever made);
How and to whom, if applicable? (Recent complaint is one that is made
during or just after alleged offence(s) to someone else):

Part 16 – About Your Trial

Q49. Crown(s) where your trial(s) is to be held:

Q50. Dates of the Trial:

Q51. 1st Trial Case Number: (Starts with the letter T) (Known in Northern Ireland as “Bill Number”)

Q52. Prosecution Counsel Name:

Q53. Defence Counsel Name:

Part 17 – Your Trial

Q54. Is there any reason why you have not consulted solicitors who are more local to your home or prison?:

Part 18 – Case Papers

Q55. Please tell us what case papers you have by simply ticking the appropriate box.

Part 19 – Further Information

Q56. Do you have any objections to us discussing your case with a Solicitor or Queens Counsel prior to receiving your instructions to proceed?

Q57. How did you hear about us?

* Once you have submitted this form it will be reviewed by our dedicated team. We will arrange an appointment for an initial consultation with a senior solicitor specialising in this field. There is a fixed fee of £250 + VAT for this consultation.

* Please note that if we do not hear back from you once we have given you a telephone interview your file will be destroyed after 28 days.