Bar Manual: Evidence, 21st Edition

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Bar Manual: Evidence, 21st Edition

By The City Law School
Oxford University Press August 2022

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780192857934
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
August 2022
Format
Paperback , 352 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • Offers an excellent introduction to the fundamental laws governing the use of evidence in both civil and criminal proceedings.
  • Realistic examples, problems, and case studies prepare the reader for practice by illustrating the application of the laws of evidence in realistic situations.
  • Fully revised to cover all recent developments in both civil and criminal evidence.

Drawing on the authors' extensive experience at the Bar, Evidence provides an excellent introduction to the essential principles of the law of evidence in both civil and criminal litigation. The manual clearly explains the key rules of evidence, while its practical approach ensures that trainee barristers are prepared to conduct litigation in pupillage and beyond.

This manual has been fully revised to cover all recent developments in both civil and criminal evidence, ensuring that you have the most up-to-date information.

Readership: Students studying on the Bar Professional Training Course.

Table of Contents

1: Fundamentals of evidence
2: Burden and standard of proof
3: Presumptions
4: Witnesses
5: Corroboration and suspect witnesses
6: Examination-in-chief
7: Cross-examination and re-examination
8: Character evidence: civil proceedings
9: Character evidence: the defendant in criminal proceedings
10: Character evidence: persons other than the defendant in criminal proceedings
11: The rule against hearsay: defining hearsay
12: Hearsay evidence in civil proceedings
13: Hearsay evidence in criminal proceedings
14: Confessions and illegally or improperly obtained evidence
15: Lies and silence
16: Identification evidence
17: Opinion evidence
18: Judgments as evidence of the facts on which they are based
19: Privilege and public policy

About the Author

This manual is edited by Paul McKeown, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School

Contributors: 
Author
Romilly Edge. Barrister, Lecturer, The City Law School
James Griffiths, Barrister, former Senior Lecturer, The City Law School
Paul McKeown, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School
Robert McPeake, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School 

Editor
Paul McKeown, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School 

Series Editor
Julie Browne, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School

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