Wood Green Police Station Voluntary Interview Solicitor
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Wood Green Police Station is a Metropolitan Police Station where J D Spicer Zeb covers a wide range of offences and serious investigations including if you are already on Pre Charge Bail at Wood Green Police Station.
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This is your Free Legal Advice Manual For Representation at Wood Green Police Station by an Experienced Solicitor For A Voluntary Interview or Emergency If Arrested.
Are you suspected of committing an offence at Wood Green Police Station in Haringey Borough? Have you been accused of a crime? We can offer Legal Aid Representation 24 hours a day. Are you or someone you know being held in a police station for questioning? Do not speak to the police until you have spoken to us!
- Read about How to get the police to drop the charges
- Read about How to get the police to caution you
- Read about how to get a community resolution
Do you have to pay for a solicitor at Wood Green Police Station?
We have the best track record of achieving excellent Emergency Representation outcomes and providing first-class advice to thousands of clients at various police stations in the U.K including Wood Green Police Station. We have the best legal representation and solicitors for Wood Green Police Station and we can get to Wood Green Police Station rapidly in an Emergency as we are local and regarded locally as one of the best and most experienced criminal law solicitors in the area and providing services in Haringey borough for Metropolitan Police interviews while arrested or as a volunteer.
What is the role of the duty Solicitor at Wood Green Police Station interviews or investigations?
The duty solicitor at Wood Green Police Station is a free non-means tested scheme that enables detained persons or volunteers who do not have a solicitor to access 24/7 through a call centre or in an Emergency to a solicitor’s firm for police station procedures such as interviews. This is free at Wood Green Police Station and you will have a solicitor from an approved panel. Many people prefer to arrange their own solicitor in advance on legal aid for free or privately such as our firm see below.
Do you have to pay for a Solicitor ?
- You are entitled to free and independent legal advice under legal aid for attendance for an interview at Wood Green Police Station.
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- You can also instruct us on a Private Basis for an enhanced Private Service at wood Green Police Station.
Can a Solicitor contact the Police at Wood Green Police Station?
Yes the Process for Wood Green Police Station interviews
Disclosure – The police at Wood Green Police Station will provide information about the offence or offences you are suspected of committing to your legal representative without you present. Police can and usually will withhold information such as witness statements and other statements or evidence at this stage. Client-solicitor consultation – You and your legal representative will be able to speak alone in a private consultation room at the police station. This allows your lawyer to explain the allegations you are facing and gives you a chance to respond to those allegations at Wood Green Police Station.
Private Meeting Consultation - You will have a full private consultation with us before the interview at Wood Green Police Station. If you have paid us privately we can also have this meeting with you in advance by Zoom or in person on an earlier date. We can also undertake other private work we agree with you.
Our solicitor’s advice - comment or no comment
The advice options - we give at Wood Green Police Station is confidential and should not be discussed with the Police or any third party. Upon analysis of the disclosure given, our experienced representative will advise you accordingly whether you should:
- Answer ‘No comment’ to questions.
- Answer Police questions.
- Serve a prepared statement outlining your defence. Your representative will advise the best option for you in the circumstances based on the case.
Read our free Wood Green Police Station advice guide.
Wood Green Police Station address:
- 347 High Rd
- London N22 8JA
- Phone: 020 7230 1212
Directions and how to get to Wood Green Police Station. The closest tube station is Wood Green on the Piccadilly line and the police station is a short walk from the shopping High Rd and bus garage.
Useful information for Wood Green Police Station:
- Access For People With Reduced Mobility
- Assistance Dogs Welcome
- Parking
- Facilities For People With Impaired Vision
- Induction Loop Service
- Sign Language Service
- Parking For Disabled Drivers
- Non Assisted Wheelchair Access
The Metropolitan Police at Haringey also interview at Tottenham Police Station or Edmonton Police Station in Enfield when they must do so.
- Tottenham Police Station
- 398 High Rd
- London
- N17 9ES
- Phone: 020 7230 1212
What is a voluntary police interview at Wood Green Police Station?
A voluntary police interview or interview under caution at Wood Green Police Station is a formal conversation with police that usually takes place at a police station. You do not have to attend and you can leave at any time once the interview has begun. However, as noted above, failure to attend or attempt to leave could result in you being arrested.
While a voluntary interview might be conducted in a less formal way than an interview under arrest, police voluntary interview questions will still be recorded and anything you say can potentially be used against you in any subsequent criminal proceedings.
Read more about What to expect in a Voluntary Police Station interview at Wood Green Police Station.
What happens when you are arrested at Wood Green Police Station?
When you arrive at the custody suite of a police station, you will normally:
- Be booked in by the police custody officer on duty
- Be searched and your possessions kept by the police custody officer, including your mobile phone
- Have your photograph taken
- Have your biometric data, including your fingerprints and DNA samples taken (DNA may be taken with a mouth swab or a head hair root)
- Have swabs of the skin on your hands and arms taken
- Have your belt and shoelaces taken before you are placed in a cell
- Be placed into a cell to await interview
This call from the police can be the start of a nightmare, so it’s important to think carefully before attending with an inexperienced lawyer or one who is too busy to offer you an advance meeting before attending Wood Green Police Station.
When invited for a voluntary police interview at Wood Green Police Station, we will call the police and obtain as much disclosure as possible of the allegations. Our sole job will be to advise you on whether to answer police questions.
For more on this, see our senior partner's specialist article on whether to say no comment in the interview.
At JD Spicer Zeb, we can act for you under legal aid or on a full Private basis at Wood Green Police Station. We can do proactive work for you where necessary and can arrange advance work and advice for you at our offices or in a virtual meeting before you even set foot in the police station. We have experience of dealing with cases with almost all police forces in England & Wales. See our Reviews from satisfied clients. Do not just choose a firm because they are local to you, choose this firm based on its reputation, experience and proven track record.
What type of cases do JD Spicer Zeb’s criminal law solicitors take on at Wood Green Police Station?
Our dedicated team of criminal solicitors can advise and represent you for all stages of criminal proceedings related to offences including but not limited to:
- Drug offences (from simple possession to possession with intent to supply, drugs conspiracies, cultivation and production)
- Conspiracies
- Sexual Offences
- Serious Crime
- Murder
- Manslaughter
- Firearms & Knife Offences
- Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking
- Cyber Crime & Social Media Offences
- Dangerous Dogs Offences
- Violent Crime
- Assaults, from Common Assault to Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH)
- Theft, Burglary and Robbery
- Benefit Fraud
- Serious Fraud
- White Collar Crime
- Public Order Offences
- Driving Offences
- Youth Crime
- Terrorism
- Money Laundering
- Extradition
- Breach of Court Orders (including Non-Molestation Orders and Restraining Orders)
- Protesting
- Customs & Excise
- Kidnap & False Imprisonment
- Coercive Control
Wood Green Police station deals with cases for the whole of the London Borough of Haringey and Enfield. There is no doubt that Wood Green Police Station deals with some of the most serious cases as the London Borough of Haringey is in the top 10 most dangerous London Boroughs. The borough of Haringey and neighbouring Enfield is plagued by and known for drugs, violence, murder and youth gang warfare often between communities and different estates/often youth gangs. Drill and rap music are often behind violent offences in Wood Green Police Station.
The rate of stop and search is high in Haringey and Enfield. The most prevalent crimes in Haringey that Wood Green Police Station deals with are drugs, violence, firearms/shooting, sexual offences and theft/burglary.
There is deep mistrust in the police over years of tensions with the police from stop searches and raids on properties. The borough of Haringey and Tottenham police station saw 2 large riots following the death of Cynthia Jarratt following an arrest of her son and a raid at her home. A police officer Keith Blakelock was murdered violently in the riot and there were unsuccessful trials of those accused. The 2011 riots started in Tottenham at the Police Station in Haringey following the high-profile shooting of Mark Duggan by police that led to the London Riots.
Local labour MP’s have been highly critical of Haringey and Tottenham Police station most notably Bernie Grant following the 1985 riots.
Wood Green Police Station also deals with high levels of football violence from Tottenham Hotspur football club and tensions over the years between Turkish and Kurdish communities.
We have acted in hundreds of cases in the Wood Green Police Station area achieving notable success rates.
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How do I get a solicitor for a Police interview?
For a free initial consultation, urgent specialist advice or immediate representation for a Wood Green voluntary police interview or if 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: 020 7624 7771
Manchester Office: 0161 835 1638
Birmingham Office: 0121 614 3333
City of London: 020 7624 7771 (our senior Solicitors and Partners can meet by appointment in the City)
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Useful Information
- How can I get the CPS to drop the charges against me?
- How can I get the police to drop charges against me?
- How can I get the police to caution me?
- Police Stop and Search UK
- Pre-charge bail - What You Need to Know
- Read our Police Station Advice Guide
- Recovering Your Property From The Police
- Released Under Investigation - What You Need to Know
- Types of Evidence used in Law
- Voluntary Police Interview - What You Need to Know
- What is a 'No further action' letter?
- What to expect in Police Custody
- Why Choose a Private Solicitor for a Magistrates' or Crown Court Case?