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Legal Representation at Perry Barr Police Station by JD Spicer Zeb Solicitors call 0121 614 3333 now.

Do you need a Solicitor at Perry Barr Police Station in Birmingham?  Are you or someone you know being held in a police station for questioning? Are you attending a Voluntary interview?

Do not speak to Perry Barr Police or  Midlands Police until you have spoken to us for Legal Advice.

We have more than 45 years of experience representing clients at Police Stations.

Perry Barr custody suite is one of the largest custody suites in the West Midlands area. JD Spicer Zeb deals with various criminal offences at Perry Barr Custody Suite. We can represent you at your Perry Barr police station for an interview or if you are on pre-charge bail for matters being dealt with by police from Perry Barr Police Station or any other Police Station.

What is the role of the duty Solicitor at Perry Barr Police Station?

The duty solicitor is a free scheme for everyone arrested or invited to a police station interview.

When you are invited for a voluntary interview at the police station, the officer may offer to arrange a solicitor, who is usually the duty solicitor, on the interview date. You can choose to arrange your solicitor.

Do you have to pay for a Solicitor at Perry Barr Police Station?

Our solicitors at JD Spicer Zeb Solicitors can provide you with free Legal Aid representation or act for you privately on an enhanced basis. We can also provide advance meetings on the same day and advice after your interview at the office or via Zoom.

  • You can insist on a free solicitor under legal aid for attendance for an interview at Perry Barr Police Station.

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Can a Solicitor contact Perry Barr Police Station?

Yes, solicitors contact the police station or even obtain details for a certain police officer. If the police call you it is always important to note the following information.

  • Name and Collar Number
  • Which Police Station they are assigned to
  • Contact details: email address/telephone number

At JD Spicer Zeb, we can do all the preliminary work before your police station attendance, making the whole process of your Perry Barr Police Station interview hassle-free.

When you are to be interviewed, the solicitor allocated to your matter will usually be called and notified. We will then proceed to the police station to have our initial encounter with the officer dealing with your case to gain a more in-depth insight into your case and identify its strengths and weaknesses. This is known as disclosure.

The instructions we obtain from you and the advice we provide to you at Perry Barr Police Station are private, confidential, and independent, and we do not discuss this information with the Police or anyone.

We can advise you as follows:

  • Answer ‘No comment’ to questions. This will mean not talking in the interview.
  • Answer Police questions. This will result in you answering the questions.
  • Give a prepared statement outlining your defence or admission. This can limit what is disclosed in a targeted strategy.

Perry Barr Police Station address:

  • Perry Barr custody suite
  • Holford Drive
  • Birmingham
  • B42 2TU

Directions

Directions to West Midlands Police Custody Suite (Perry Barr) with public transport

The following transport lines have routes that pass near Perry Barr Police Custody Suite.

Bus: 11C, 33, 907, 937, 997.

Train: WEST MIDLANDS RAILWAY, CHILTERN RAILWAYS

What’s the nearest bus stop to West Midlands Police Custody Suite in Perry Barr?

Holford Drive is the nearest bus stop to West Midlands Police Custody Suite in Perry Barr. It’s a 5-minute walk away.

What is a voluntary police interview at Perry Barr Police Station?

You are invited to a voluntary interview at Perry Barr Police Station. In some cases, we can email officers at Perry Barr to provide us with disclosure prior to attending. This is so that we can have a better insight into your case, you can provide your instructions, and you are properly advised and prepared before attending your voluntary interview at Perry Barr Police Station.

A voluntary police interview or interview under caution at Perry Barr Police Station is a formal conversation with police that will usually take place in one of the interviewing rooms. You do not have to attend and can leave at any time once the interview begins. However, as noted above, failure to attend or attempt to leave could result in you being arrested at Perry Barr Police Station.

What happens when you are arrested and taken to Perry Barr Police Station?

The custody officer at the Perry Barr Custody Suite must explain your rights.

You have the right to:

  • Get free legal advice.
  • Tell someone where you are.
  • Have medical help if you’re feeling ill.
  • See the rules the police must follow known as ‘PACE’
  • See a written notice telling you about your rights, such as regular breaks for food and to use the toilet – you can ask for or an interpreter to explain the notice

Appropriate adults at Perry Barr Police Station

For young people under 18 and vulnerable adults, police at Perry Barr Police Station must try to contact your parent, guardian or carer if you’re under 18 or a vulnerable adult.

They must also find an ‘appropriate adult’ to come to the station to help you and be present during questioning and searching. An appropriate adult can be:

  • your parent, guardian or carer
  • a social worker
  • another family member or friend aged 18 or over
  • a volunteer aged 18 or over

Your rights when being questioned by Police at Perry Barr Police Station

The police may question you about the crime which you have been arrested for - this will be recorded. You do not have to answer the questions but there could be consequences if you do not. The police must explain this to you by reading you the police caution:

“You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.”

What to expect at the Police interview at Perry Barr Police Station?

The interview procedure at Perry Barr Police Station is usually as follows:

  • Seating arrangement—You will usually be opposite the interviewing officer, while your solicitor will sit beside or close to you.
  • Welfare questions – The officer may ask you welfare questions and any other general questions about your health,
  • Tape recorder/Audio recording device/Body-worn camera—In modern times, police officers at Perry Barr may switch on an audio recorder or their body-worn camera, which are both capable of recording the whole interview. The officer will then state the date and time for the record.
  • Introductions – The officers usually introduce themselves, and everyone else will do so.
  • Caution read out by officer – As stated above, this will be read out and the officer will ask you x3 questions about the caution as follows; Do you have to answer questions?, what will happen if you fail to provide an account today and then provide one at a later date? And finally, where can this interview record be used? You would have been provided with advice from your solicitor on advice on the caution although suspects tend to forget the elements of the caution the officer may further explain this to you again in simple terms.
  • Prepared statement – If a prepared statement is prepared this is usually read out by your solicitor before the officer begins questioning.
  • Questioning—The office begins questioning, and from here, you either provide your version of the event by answering questions or provide no information by uttering no comment to all questions.
  • Interventions – If the solicitor believes it is necessary to intervene midst questioning they will do so in cases where they believe the officer is either being unfair or the officer is putting you under pressure, to make sure you are treated fairly and ultimately to act in your best interest.
  • The end – after questioning is completed the officer will state the date and time and end the ending by switching the tapes off.
  • You will then be provided with a post-consultation with a solicitor and taken back to your cell, or you will be free to leave the police station where you have voluntarily attended.

What type of cases do JD Spicer Zeb’s criminal law solicitors take on at Perry Barr Police Station?

Our crime specialist solicitors can represent you at Perry Barr Police Station for all type of offences including drugs, rape, sexual offences, violence, domestic violence, theft, fraud and terrorism.

How do I get a solicitor for a Police interview at Perry Barr Police Station?

If you need a free initial consultation, urgent specialist advice, or immediate representation for a Perry Barr Police Station voluntary police interview or if you have been arrested, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

You can contact our dedicated criminal defence lawyers in London, Birmingham, or Manchester by telephone on:

Brent & Camden London Office: 0207 624 7771

Manchester Office: 0161 835 1638

Birmingham Office: 0121 6143 333

City of London: 0207 624 7771 Our senior Solicitors and Partners can meet by appointment in the City.

 

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We always work with the most experienced and best leading UK barristers, KCs (Kings Counsel). We cover all criminal cases 24/7 at the police station and court. Offices in London, Birmingham, and Manchester cover cases across England and Wales. We can offer Legal Aid and affordable Private fee agreements. We can see you the same day, including virtually. Our Senior Partners supervise all of our cases.

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We respond quickly even during out of hours. We do not get our work by paying for online adverts but based on the fact that few criminal law firms can match our 45 years of experience. Most of our cases are still from word-of-mouth recommendations from satisfied clients. We are called daily by dissatisfied clients from firms with less experience than us. We respond very quickly to new enquiries. We know what clients seek and so we update clients rapidly.

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We always keep you updated and give straightforward advice. We will get cases dropped early where the case is weak or should not be prosecuted. We will be upfront with you about where you can benefit from a good result with an early guilty plea, such as a discount on your sentence. As we work on cases across all levels with clients from all walks of life, we are excellent at giving clear, spot-on advice. As an established firm, we can allocate a whole team to your case often at short notice to secure evidence to minimise the damage to you. 

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Do you offer free consultations?

Where it is possible, we aim to provide an initial consultation to you. If we can speak to you, we can if required inform you about  –

  • Whether we can take the case on and our relevant experience.
  • Public and private funding benefits.
  • Assistance in applying for legal aid where we are likely to accept instructions.
  • An outline of options in police interview only. We will not advise you on which option to adopt.
  • Providing our free written guide explaining the police station process.
  • The gravity of routine and day-to-day offences you face.
  • Consequences of not attending the court or police station.
  • Consequences of interfering with any witnesses.
  • Retaining any evidence in support of your case.
  • If possible an outline of the elements of the offence that the police or CPS must prove.
  • This consultation will normally be by telephone or email and will only be for as long as we deem necessary to establish if we can act for you. If we cannot usefully give you any advice in this manner then we will not continue with the consultation. We will not discuss the case in depth for you to be able to decide on your plea or any significant aspect of the case, as this cannot be undertaken informally.
  • Referring you, if possible, to other firms for matters out of our specialism or if we cannot help.

Consultations do not apply to the following cases –

  • If we do not intend to take the case on.
  • Road Traffic cases, drink driving, drug driving, driving bans, speeding, no insurance, mobile phone use, points etc.
  • In all cases where we do not have the capacity to take your case or the availability of suitably qualified staff to provide an initial free consultation. This is applicable in all cases but especially where a more senior lawyer is required because of your personal needs or the complexity of the case.
  • Harassment/stalking/ coercive behaviour/malicious communications or road traffic cases and most sensitive cases. These cases are often too complicated to assess in short consultations.
  • The locations concerned may be too distant to represent you adequately or it may not be cost-effective for you or us.
  • The case is too complicated to assess or raises various charges or facts, complexity, or history to be considered informally or in a short consultation.
  • In most Legal aid transfers where legal aid is granted to another firm except in very grave cases, we may assess the case and merits for a transfer.
  • If your relationship has broken down with your existing solicitor or several solicitors.
  • If you have been released under investigation and have already had a police station attendance. 
  • If you hold legal aid with another firm and seek a second opinion.
  • If you are calling on behalf of the client as a friend or family member unless you have full authority and full facts.
  • To businesses.
  • Advising whether you were given good advice by your other solicitor.
  • Whether to decide to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Whether you have an arguable defence in law or factually complicated defences.
  • Any advice you have had after your first court appearance.
  • Any advice on appeal on conviction or sentence.
  • If we feel we are unable to communicate with you.
  • If we are likely to be conflicted or breach our professional rules.

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