• Offers an excellent introduction to the fundamental laws governing the use of evidence in both civil and criminal proceedings, equipping the reader with an invaluable guide on how to successfully use, and conduct cases within, the laws of evidence
• Realistic examples, problems, and case studies are contained throughout preparing the reader for practice by illustrating the application of the laws of evidence to realistic situations

New to this edition

• This new edition has been fully revised in light of recent case law and statutory developments in the area, including the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008, ensuring that the reader is equipped with the most up-to-date information for 2009/10

Readership: Students studying on the Bar Vocational Course.

The City Law School

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