Walker and Walker: The Law of Evidence in Scotland. ISBN 9781526514455 from Practitioner Books

A comprehensive and detailed examination of the law of evidence in the broadest of civil and criminal contexts. The emphasis is upon rigorous examination of the issues affecting all who work with the law of evidence whether in court, chamber practice or legal education. The fifth edition takes account of a range of relevant new legislation, including the following statutes: * Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2019 * Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 * Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 * Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc (Scotland) Act 2016 * Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 It includes relevant case law, including significant developments in respect of opinion evidence, real evidence and corroboration.

Chapter 1 Admissibility and Relevancy of Evidence Chapter 2 Burden of Proof Chapter 3 Proof - Presumptions Chapter 4 Standard of Proof - Differences Between Averment and Proof Chapter 5 Sufficiency of Evidence Chapter 6 Circumstantial Evidence - Examples of its Nature and Effect Chapter 7 Relevancy of Evidence - Character and Collateral Issues Chapter 8 Hearsay Chapter 9 Admissibility of Evidence of Extrajudicial Admissions and Confessions Chapter 10 Confidentiality Chapter 11 Proof - Where Evidence is Excluded Chapter 12 Oral Evidence - General Chapter 13 Oral Evidence - Specialties of Witnesses Chapter 14 Evidence on Commission Chapter 15 Affidavits, Reports and Dying Depositions Chapter 16 Opinion Evidence Chapter 17 Access to Witnesses and Securing Their Attendance Chapter 18 Real Evidence Chapter 19 Public and Official Documents Chapter 20 Proof of Terms of Documents not Produced Chapter 21 Recovery and Production of Documents Chapter 22 Requirements of Writing for Self-Proving or Probative Deeds Chapter 23 Matters that Required Writing for their Constitution and Proof Before 1 August 1995 Chapter 24 Informal Writings Before 1 August 1995 in Commercial Matters, and in Proof of Obligations Generally Chapter 25 Proof of Actings to Perfect Proof of Obligations - Personal Bar, Rei Interventus and Homologation Chapter 26 Evidence Extrinsic to Writings Chapter 27 Proof in Family Actions Chapter 28 Proof in Proceedings Concerning Children - Public Law

Author(s)	By Margaret L Ross, Professor James P Chalmers (University of Glasgow, UK), Isla Callander.
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN	9781526514455
Format	Paperback / softback
Pages	752
Published in	United Kingdom
Published	29 Oct 2020
Availability	Available

Walker and Walker: The Law of Evidence in Scotland

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