Phipson on evidence /Hodge M. Malek, M. N. Howard, Sidney Lovell Phipson

Rev. ed. of: Phipson on evidence. 16th ed. / [by M.N. Howard ... et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introductory
2. Defining the issues
3. Judicial notice
4. Admissions
5. Estoppels
6. Burden and standard of proof
7. Relevance, admissibility and weight: previous and subsequent existence of facts: the best evidence rule
8. Attendance of witnesses
9. Competence and compellability, oath and affirmation
10. Evidence taken or served before trial: duty to disclose evidence
11. Rules of evidence relating to the course of a trial: general
12. Rules of evidence relating to the course of a trial: examination of witnesses
13. Evidence taken after trial
14. Corroboration, supporting evidence and related warnings
15. Identification
16. Physical conditions, states of mind and emotions
17. Character: general and introductory
18. Good character
19. Bad character of the accused (prosecution aspects)
20. Bad character of the accused
21. Bad character of the co-accused
22. Bad character of persons other than the accused
23. Legal professional privilege
24. Other forms of privilege
25. Facts excluded by public policy
26. Loss and waiver of privilege
27. The collateral undertaking
28. The rule against hearsay
29. Hearsay in civil proceedings
30. Hearsay in criminal proceedings
31. Res gestae and certain other exceptions to the hearsay rule in criminal proceedings
32. Common law exceptions to the rule against hearsay: evidence of reputation or family tradition; bankers' books; ancient documents
33. Opinion and expert evidence
34. Restrictions on the right to silence
introduction
35. Confessions
36. Statements in the presence, and documents in the possession, of a party
37. Agency, partnership, companies, common purpose, acting in capacity
38. Judicial discretion to admit or exclude evidence
39. Probates and letters of administration, verdicts, awards, reports, inquisitions, pleadings, writs of execution, and former testimony
40. Authorship and execution: attestation: ancient documents: connected and incorporated documents: alterations and banks: registration, stamps, etc
41. Contents of documents generally: primary and secondary evidence, contents of particular documents: public, judicial and private
42. Exclusion of extrinsic evidence in substitution of, to contradict, or add to documents
43. Admission of extrinsic evidence in aid of interpretation and to rebut presumptions
44. Judgments
45. Appendix: Statutes, rule and practice directions

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