The new rules on Hearsay and Bad Character are proving to be ambiguous and difficult to apply in practice.
This course is designed to help practitioners pick their way through the minefield with an in depth look at the legislation and all the up to date case law.
Areas covered will include:-
- Is character still invisible
- How much of the old case law still applies
- Application of the discretion to exclude
- Do the "categories" have any significance
- The Gilmore case
- The significance of witness statements
- Problems with the definition of hearsay
- Case law update