Main Aim(s) of the Unit:

Course Content:

• Relevance & Admissibility
• Presumption & Burden of Proof
• Witness Competence - Compellability & Privileges
• The Course of the Trial
• Previous Consistent Statements & The Role Against Narratives
• Character & Creditability
• Similar Fact Evidence
• The Criminal Evidence Act 1898
• The Opinion Rule & Presentation of Expert Evidence
• The Rule Against Hearsay
• Confessions
• Drawing Adverse Inferences from a Defendant’s Silence, Lies or False Alibi
• Identification Evidence
• Documents

Reading List

Main Text:
Evidence - Munday (Butterworth)

Cases and Materials:
Culpepper v State [2000]
Views of Canadian Judge Dickson CJC
State v Coetzee [1997] South Africa
Lambert, Ali & Jordan [2000]
Macandrew v Bingham [1999]
Grafton [1992]
White v R [1999]
Da Silva [1990]
DS [1999] CRIM LR 911
Thomas v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1997]
DPP v Boardman [1975]
Criminal Evidence Act [1898]
Gilfoyle [2001] 2 CR APP R 57
Cook [1982]
Kearley [1992] 2 AC 228
Sat-Bhambra [1998] 88 CR APP R 55
R v Herefordshire CC Ex-Parte Green Environmental Industries Ltd [2000]
Murray v UK [1996] ECHR
Turner v Galbraith [1981]
Popat [1988] 2 CRIM APP R 208
Daye [1908] 2 KB 333 340
Moran v Crown Prosecution Service [2000]
Masquerade Music Ltd v Springsteen [2001]