Still writing attendance notes at 2am?

The interview ended hours ago. The client is home. The only thing between you and sleep is a police station attendance note that should have been finished before you left the custody suite: but wasn't.

What actually goes wrong

• Time pressure at the station pushes note-taking to the bottom of the list. You prioritise disclosure, client instructions, and getting the interview right.
• Messy scraps don't become a coherent disclosure or interview summary without a second pass, often when you're exhausted.
• Consequences: weak file notes, poor handover to your firm, and avoidable stress before counsel, review, or LAA audit.

A fix that matches custody reality

You need a fixed structure: attendance, disclosure, advice, interview, outcome, so you get it down while it's happening instead of from memory at midnight. Custody Note follows that UK workflow: PACE sections, offline at the station, PDF for the file.