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A Practical Guide to Scottish Criminal Law

Name: A Practical Guide to Scottish Criminal Law
Brand: Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
SKU: 9781526535580
Price: 819.65 HKD
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Author: Peter Galletly
ISBN: 9781526535580

By Peter Galletly

Coming Soon Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing) Available July 2026

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ISBN-13: 9781526535580
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
Publication: July 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This is an accessible practical guide to assist criminal court practitioners in preparing and conducting court business, covering issues most commonly raised during criminal court hearings.

The book is split into nine elemental areas which a competent and effective court lawyer needs to know well. These areas include coverage of procedural issues; evidential issues; major legal concepts; the most frequently prosecuted charges, as well as road traffic matters and sentencing.

Regardless of how well prepared a lawyer may be, the likelihood is that something unexpected will occur during court, be it in a trial, proof or debate. With this text, a practitioner need access only one book to quickly answer most issues likely to be raised daily, rather than carry around numerous different books or access different websites.

The book is a 'one stop' resource for matters which practitioners are likely to regularly encounter.

A. Evidential Issues

i) Admissible and Relevant Evidence

ii) Leading Evidence and Cross-Examination

iii) Primary and Secondary Evidence

iv) Primary Hearsay and Secondary Hearsay

v) Best Evidence Rule

vi) 'Real' Evidence- eg Mobile phone footage; cctv.

B. Procedural Issues

i) Preliminary Pleas: Competency and Relevancy

ii) Warrants: s139 and s150

iii) Disclosure

iv) Objections to Evidence: 'Under Reservation' and 'trial within a trial'

v) Prior Statements

vi) Vulnerable Witnesses and Appropriate Adults

C. Corroboration

i) General

ii) Distress and de recenti/Res Gestae Statements

iii) Fairness in Obtaining Evidence and Admissions

iv) Evidence Not Requiring Corroboration

v) Conjunction of Testimony

vi) Law of Concert

vii) Moorov Doctrine

D. Extent of Police Powers

E. Most Frequently Prosecuted Charges

i) Breach of the Peace

ii) Criminal Justice and Licensing (Sc) Act 2010, s38(1)

iii) Criminal Justice and Licensing (Sc) Act 2010, s39(1)

iv) Assault

v) Statutory Assaults

vi) Self-defence

vii) Provocation

viii) Theft

ix) Aggravations

x) Attempts

xi) Embezzlement

xii) Fraud

xiii) Reset

xiv) Offensive Weapons

xv) Road Traffic Offences

xvi) Misuse of Drugs Act Offences

xvii) Hate Crime Offences

F. Road Traffic Act 'Totting Up' Proofs

i) Special Reasons

ii) Exceptional Hardship

G. Notification Requirements

H. Domestic Abuse Offences

I. Sentencing (to include under 25s)

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