Part of our comprehensive suite of courses for investigators, the ‘Core Investigation Skills’ can be taken as a stand-alone Professional Award or as the first step to achieving a professional certificate or diploma at Level 5.
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Here are the currently available dates for the Core Investigation Skills courses :
You don’t need to take all the courses at once and can build up the qualifications as your career progresses.
Here’s how the qualifications build :
(Clicking on a price code will download the price codes for all the courses.)
For the Professional Award – Investigation Skills
Consisting of :
The Law and Preliminary Investigations – Price Code B
Investigative Interviewing – Price Code E
Quality Witness Statements – Price Code A
To upgrade to the Professional Certificate you add :
Investigation Law – Price Code D
RIPA – Applications and Authorisation – Price Code A
Understanding Offences – Price Code B
Civil Enforcement – Price Code A
Alternatives to Prosecution – Price Code A
National File Standard – Price Code B (This updated event replaces ‘Prosecution Files’.)
Prosecution Interviewing – Price Code G
Court Skills – Price Code C
To gain the Professional Diploma – Conducting and Managing Investigations you add :
Supervising Investigations – Price Code A
Referral Management – Price Code A
Managing your Team – Price Code A
Presentation Skills – Price Code E
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Articles
Importance of Routes to Verdict
Judges give juries ‘Routes to Verdict’ – essentially a list of closed questions that lead them through the decision-making process in reaching their conclusion. It’s helpful to consider the sort of thing that might be in front of a jury, when checking that your case is evidentially sound. In the recent case of Darren Say, the jury were provided with a route for ‘Fraud by Abuse of Position’ :
Question 1
Are we sure that DS occupied a position in which he was expected to safeguard, or not act against, the financial interests of investor clients of Noisnep Ltd?
• Not in dispute. Go to question 2.
Question 2
Are we sure he abused that position, intending to make a gain for himself or expose the investor members to the risk of loss?
• If you are sure he abused his position go to question 3.
• If you conclude that he did not or may not have abused his position, then your verdict would be Not Guilty.
Question 3
Are we sure that DS was acting dishonestly?
• If you are sure, then your verdict would be Guilty of this count (Count 1).
• If you conclude he was not acting dishonestly or may not have been then your verdict would be Not Guilty.
A proper understanding of Routes to Verdict will assist investigators in planning an investigation and preparing the evidence for court.