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Overview
What you will study
- During the Law for Commercial Forensic Practitioners short course offered by University of Pretoria , you will gain knowledge and insights to the nature of criminal conduct, the legal mechanisms used to obtain evidence, and other issues that must be considered when witnesses or suspects are interviewed.
- The course also looks at how evidence obtained through more unconventional investigative techniques are admissible in court, which labour law pitfalls stand in the way of a successful disciplinary hearing and which reporting duties are activated in the course of such an investigation.
After completion of this course, delegates should:
- Be aware of the relevant legal principles.
- Be able to act within and to comply with the law.
- Be able to ensure that policies, procedures and actions comply with the law.
- Minimize the risk of the employers liability for unlawful actions.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:- Legal issues in managing the risk relating to the appointment of personnel
- General principles of Criminal law
- Common law and statutory offences ( including fraud, theft, misappropriation of trade secrets, corruption, cyber-related crime and Money Laundering.)
- Law of evidence and constitutional rights
- The admissibility requirements for various types of evidence e.g. the warning of rights, dealing with privileges, ensuring the admissibility of the results of more invasive investigation techniques, such as, polygraphy, search and seizure, the interception of communications and entrapment in criminal, civil and disciplinary hearings
- Labour law issues
- The liability of an entity and/or its officials
- Remedies available to an entity, including the recovery of ill-gotten gains
- Dealing with Whistle-blowing in the workplace
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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More details
Available on Request
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Pretoria, South Africa
Disciplines
Forensic ScienceWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Prospective delegates should at least have a Bachelor’s degree.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents10570 ZAR / full≈ 10570 ZAR / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents10570 ZAR / full≈ 10570 ZAR / full
Funding
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