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.