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When may giving full answers help a client who has a clear innocent account and has received adequate disclosure?
When might silence be safer because of the disclosure, the client's vulnerability or the clarity of the police evidence?
How can a prepared statement put forward the client's account while limiting unsafe questioning?
Why can answering some questions but not others appear tactical and damage the client's credibility?
Before the client chooses a response strategy, how should the solicitor explain in practical terms the risk that silence may lead to an adverse inference?
A vulnerable client has a clear innocent account, but disclosure is inadequate and the police evidence is unclear; how should the solicitor compare full answers, silence and a prepared statement while addressing selective silence and adverse-inference risk?
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