Publisher's Synopsis
Part of a series, this update consolidates all changes made to evidence and procedure in 1990. It is designed for easy use, breaks down the subject into the important elements covering statutes, statutory instruments, cases, official publications, circulars and commercial publications.;The bulk of the law of evidence and procedure continues to be generated in decisions of the Court of Appeal and House of Lords. This is reflected in this update although there are several statutory sources, varying in degrees of importance. Of the statutory sources, practitioners will recognize the Children Order as being one of the more important.;The text includes the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and some of the more important cases generated in 1990 on hearsay and the evidential provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.