Evidence and Advocacy

The aim of this book is to provide a helpful guide for practitioners in the magistrates' and county courts to the realities of conducting a successful case. The revised text includes the latest developments in all areas of the law of evidence, including confessions and the Codes of Practice, character and similar-fact evidence, the evidence of children and the use of written witness statements in civil cases..References are made to the changes that may be introduced by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill. Peter Murphy has also written A Practical Approach to Evidence and was co-author of Cases and Materials on Evidence.