Witness Statements in UK Law
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Witness Statements for Employment Tribunals in England and Wales: What are the ‘Issues’?
In England and Wales, Employment Tribunals (ETs) hear claims from persons who believe that an employer, or potential employer, has treated them unlawfully. Witness statements form part of the evide...
- The Admissibility of Witness Statements Obtained Abroad: R v Radak
- Review: Reliability of Evidence. Methods for Analysing and Assessing Witness Statements
- The Service of Witness Statements and Litigation Privilege: ACCC v Cadbury
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Victim personal statements in England and Wales: Latest (and last) trends from the Witness and Victim Experience Survey
Crime victims and victims’ advocates have for many years called for greater input into the criminal process, and in particular at the stage of sentencing. Today, victims in almost all common law co...
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A Fundamental Review of the CHR Right to Examine Witnesses in Criminal Cases
The European Court of Human Rights recently changed its position on the right to examine witnesses. This right was diminished in two ways. First, in the Al-Khawaja and Tahery judgment, the court ab...... ... rule that it must be possible at all times to question a decisive witness and so created the possibility to test the reliability of a decisive ... solely, or to a decisive extent, on anonymous witness statements, which was previously not allowed. As a result, anonymous witness ... ...
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Recognising an Ecological Ethic of Care in the Law of Everyday Shared Spaces
Law plays a vital role in the life and loss of open shared spaces, used and enjoyed on an everyday basis by local people. In this article, we adopt an analytical framework based on an ethic of care...... ... Analysing written and oral witness statements in this inquiry makes clear the centrality of such places in ... ...
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Facilitating Child Witness Interviewers' Understanding of Evidential Requirements through Prosecutor Instruction
Prosecutors report that the evidential usefulness of child witness statements about abuse is often limited by unnecessary interview content and excessive length. Prior research indicates that this ...... ... A BSTRACT Prosecutors report that the evidential usefulness of child witness statements about abuse is often limited by unnecessary interview content and excessive length. Prior research indicates that this limitation may be attributed ... ...
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Prosecutors’ perceptions of the utility of ‘relationship’ evidence in sexual abuse trials
For successful prosecution of sex offences, defined elements that comprise each charge (such as the acts that occurred and offenders’ identities) need to be established beyond reasonable doubt. Thi...... ... for the premise of including relationship evidence in victim and witness state-ments, as well as in suspect interviews; however, this type of ... interviews to compileevidence for trial, and using recorded statements (with children and other vulnerablewitnesses) as evidence in chief at the ... ...
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Is an oral-evidence based criminal trial possible in China?
Witness testimony is a fundamental component of any modern, adversarial judicial system. The criminal trial is particularly reliant on the testimony and cross-examination of witnesses to furnish to...... ... A. Caruso The University of Adelaide, Australia Abstract Witness testimony is a fundamental component of any modern, adversarial judicial ... , it is common in China for witnesses to provide written statements at police stations or to procurators prior to trial. The difference is ... ...
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