Practical Guide to Evidence

Chris Taylor LL.B, LL.M, Ph.D, is Senior Lecturer in Law at Bradford University Law School.Janice Nairns LLB, LLM, Barrister.Christopher Allen LLM, MA, PhD, Barrister, was formerly Senior Lecturer at the Inns of Court School of Law, City University.

• 1. Introduction 2. Development and Current Objectives 3. Documentary and Real Evidence 4. Facts not Requiring Proof 5. Competence and Compellability 6. The Course of Testimony 7. Burden and Standard of Proof and Presumptions 8. The Rule against Hearsay 9. Hearsay Expectations 10. Hazardous Evidence 11. Confessions and Improperly Gained Evidence 12. Character Evidence 13. Opinion Evidence 14. Judicial Findings as Evidence 15. Privilege and Public Interest Immunity