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Phipson on Evidence, 20th Edition (2nd Supplement only)

Phipson on Evidence, 20th Edition (2nd Supplement only)

Author: Hodge M. Malek; Jonathan Auburn; Roderick Bagshaw
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
ISBN: 9780414123854

Previous Edition ISBN: 9780414117495
Published In: December 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This 2nd supplement to Phipson on Evidence 20th edition considers a number of important legal developments, including key decisions on admission of evidence, the standard of proof, the attendance of witnesses, good and bad character, legal professional privilege, hearsay, expert evidence, confessions, judicial discretion and many other evidential issues. The supplement also considers important decisions from the Supreme Court (both domestic and overseas) and Court of Appeal such as Tui v Griffiths [2023] UKSC 48, Mansion (Gibraltar) Ltd v Manasco and Ors (2024/GSC/026), and Tutt v. Ministry of Defence [2023] EWHC 2834 (KB).

Chapter 1: Introduction;
Chapter 2: The Defining of the issues;
Chapter 3: Judicial notice;
Chapter 4: Admissions;
Chapter 5: Estoppels;
Chapter 6: Burden and standard of proof;
Chapter 7: Relevance, admissibility and weight: previous and subsequent existence of facts: the best evidence rule;
Chapter 8: Attendance of witnesses;
Chapter 9: Competence and compellability, oath and affirmation;
Chapter 10: Evidence taken or served before trial; duty to disclose;
Chapter 11: Rules of evidence relating to the course of a trial: general;
Chapter 12: Rules of evidence relating to the course of a trial: Examination of witnesses;
Chapter 13: Evidence taken after trial;
Chapter 14: Corroboration and supporting evidence and related warnings;
Chapter 15: Identification;
Chapter 16: Physical conditions, states of mind and emotions;
Chapter 17: Character: general and introductory;
Chapter 18: Good character;
Chapter 19: Bad character of the accused (prosecution aspects);
Chapter 20: Bad character of the accused (defence aspects);
Chapter 21: Bad character of the co-accused;
Chapter 22: Bad character of persons other than the accused;
Chapter 23: Legal professional privilege;
Chapter 24: Other forms of privilege;
Chapter 25: Facts excluded by public policy;
Chapter 26: Loss and waiver of privilege;
Chapter 27: The collateral undertaking;
Chapter 28: The rule against hearsay;
Chapter 29: Hearsay in civil proceedings;
Chapter 30: Hearsay in criminal proceedings;
Chapter 31: Res gestae and certain other exceptions to the hearsay rule in criminal proceedings;
Chapter 32: Common law exceptions to the rule against hearsay: evidence of reputation or family tradition; published works; public information; bankers’ books; ancient documents;
Chapter 33: Opinion and expert evidence;
Chapter 34: Statistical and survey evidence;
Chapter 35: Restrictions on the right to silence;
Chapter 36: Confessions;
Chapter 37: Statements in the presence, and documents in the possession, of a party;
Chapter 38: Agency, partnership, companies common purpose, acting in a capacity;
Chapter 39: Judicial discretion to admit or exclude evidence;
Chapter 40: Authorship and execution; attestation; ancient documents; connected and incorporated documents; alterations and blanks; registration stamps, etc.;
Chapter 41: Documents and documentary evidence; how documentary evidence is proved; categories of documentary evidence; public, judicial, private;
Chapter 42: Exclusion of extrinsic evidence in substitution of, to contradict, vary, or add to documents;
Chapter 43: Judgments;
Chapter 44: Appendix: Miscellaneous Statutes, Rules etc.