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| Published date | 21 March 2018 |
| Court | HM Courts & Tribunals Service |
| Subject Matter | Criminal Case Management forms |
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S.28 Defence (s.28 YJACEA 1999) |
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In the Crown Court at |
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For Ground Rules Hearing on: |
Ground Rules Hearing date __________________________________________ |
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S16 Witnesses |
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1) Do you have experience and training in the area of questioning vulnerable witnesses?
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2) In the exceptional situation that an advocate wishes to submit that it is not appropriate to ‘put the case’ then set out the basis for this
If there are areas that the advocate intends not to question about because of the vulnerability of the witness, detail these areas here: |
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3) The following are my proposed questions. Set out all proposed questions. These should be compliant with the 20 principles of questioning. Each question/questions should be prefixed with a signpost and then numbered sequentially under each headline, e.g.:
I am going to ask you about… 2.Did …? 3.Was…?
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4) If the advocate wishes to submit that due to the vulnerability of the witness certain issues could not be questioned about / manner of challenge altered, they should set out the nature of the direction sought.
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