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National approaches to effective criminal defence: England and Wales (2010)
Book Chapter
Cape, E. (2010). National approaches to effective criminal defence: England and Wales. In E. Cape, Z. Namaradze, R. Smith, & T. Spronken (Eds.), Effective Criminal Defence in Europe (107-163). Antwerp: Intersentia

This book chapter reports the findings of research on access to effective criminal defence in England and Wales, conducted as part of a nine country European study.

Police bail without charge: The human rights implications (2010)
Journal Article
Edwards, R. A., & Cape, E. (2010). Police bail without charge: The human rights implications. Cambridge Law Journal, 69(3), 529-560. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008197310000796

Whilst the power of the police to release a person on bail prior to trial has existed for centuries, the power to release on bail a person suspected of but not charged with a criminal offence has been available to the police only since 1925. The powe... Read More about Police bail without charge: The human rights implications.

Quality assurance for advocates (2009)
Report
Devereux, A., Tucker, J., Moorhead, R., & Cape, E. (2009). Quality assurance for advocates

This is the final report of a pilot study and evaluation of a mechanism for assessing the quality of criminal defence advocates acting under legal aid.

PACE then and now: Twenty-one years of ‘rebalancing’ (2008)
Book Chapter
Cape, E. (2008). PACE then and now: Twenty-one years of ‘rebalancing’. In E. Cape, & R. Young (Eds.), Regulating Policing: The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Past, Present and Future (191-220). Oxford: Hart Publishing

This chapter explores the development of police powers of investigation, and suspects' rights, in the 21 years following enactment of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. It concludes that "Ever since PACE was enacted, but particularly in the l... Read More about PACE then and now: Twenty-one years of ‘rebalancing’.

Introduction (2008)
Book Chapter
Cape, E., & Young, R. (2008). Introduction. In E. Cape, & R. Young (Eds.), Regulating Policing: The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Past, Present and Future (1-19). Oxford: Hart Publishing

The introductory chapter to a book which explores the impact of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 on the regulation of the police, timed to coincide with the 21st anniversary of the year in which this important piece of legislation came into... Read More about Introduction.

Evaluation of the public defender Service in England and Wales (2007)
Report
Bridges, L., Cape, E., Fenn, P., Mitchell, A., Moorhead, R., & Sherr, A. (2007). Evaluation of the public defender Service in England and Wales

Final report of a six year study which is the largest study of public defenders conducted anywhere in the world. Each author contributed equally.

Suspects in Europe: Procedural rights at the investigative stage of the criminal process in the European Union (2007)
Book
Cape, E., Hodgson, J., Prakken, T., & Spronken, T. (2007). Suspects in Europe: Procedural rights at the investigative stage of the criminal process in the European Union. Antwerp: Intersentia

Based on cross-jurisdictional research funded by the European Union, this book provides an insight into the investigative stage of the criminal process and, in particular, the legal protection of persons suspected of crime, in Belgium, England and Wa... Read More about Suspects in Europe: Procedural rights at the investigative stage of the criminal process in the European Union.

Rebalancing the criminal justice process: Ethical challenges for criminal defence lawyers (2006)
Journal Article
Cape, E. (2006). Rebalancing the criminal justice process: Ethical challenges for criminal defence lawyers. Legal Ethics, 9(1), 56-79

This article considers the ethical obligations of criminal defence lawyers in the context of significant change to the criminal process in England and Wales. It argues that since coming to power in 1997 the government has been engaged in a programme... Read More about Rebalancing the criminal justice process: Ethical challenges for criminal defence lawyers.