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The Vulnerable Witnesses Scotland Act 2004 : Text and Commentary / Laura Sharp, Margaret Ross.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (108 p.) : 3 B/W tablesContent type:
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  • 9781845860455
  • 9780748699537
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  • 347.411066 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Table of cases -- Table of statutes -- Table of statutory instruments -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 DEFINITIONS OF “VULNERABLE WITNESS” IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES AND THE SPECIAL MEASURES -- 2 PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES: CHILD WITNESSES -- 3 PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES: ADULT VULNERABLE WITNESSES -- 4 REVIEW OF SPECIAL MEASURES, APPLICATION TO THE ACCUSED, SUPPLEMENTARY AND SAVING PROVISIONS AND APPLICATION OF VULNERABLE WITNESS PROVISIONS TO PROCEEDINGS IN THE DISTRICT COURT -- 5 MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION -- 6 Civil proceedings and vulnerable witnesses: scope and procedures -- 7 ABOLITION OF THE COMPETENCE TEST FOR WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS -- Appendix list of forms of procedure -- Index
Summary: A guide to the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 for anyone working with vulnerable witnessesThe Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 amends the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 for criminal cases. It creates a similar regime for civil cases, so that vulnerability of witnesses is considered, and measures are taken to support vulnerable witnesses to give evidence effectively. This book contains the Act’s main provisions together with commentary to help you to understand it fully. Informed by the authors’ experience of vulnerable witnesses in practice, the book provides an essential reference for lawyers, law students, those who lead or hear witness in court and other professionals dealing with young people and adults who may be vulnerable as potential witnesses.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Table of cases -- Table of statutes -- Table of statutory instruments -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 DEFINITIONS OF “VULNERABLE WITNESS” IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES AND THE SPECIAL MEASURES -- 2 PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES: CHILD WITNESSES -- 3 PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES: ADULT VULNERABLE WITNESSES -- 4 REVIEW OF SPECIAL MEASURES, APPLICATION TO THE ACCUSED, SUPPLEMENTARY AND SAVING PROVISIONS AND APPLICATION OF VULNERABLE WITNESS PROVISIONS TO PROCEEDINGS IN THE DISTRICT COURT -- 5 MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION -- 6 Civil proceedings and vulnerable witnesses: scope and procedures -- 7 ABOLITION OF THE COMPETENCE TEST FOR WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS -- Appendix list of forms of procedure -- Index

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A guide to the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 for anyone working with vulnerable witnessesThe Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 amends the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 for criminal cases. It creates a similar regime for civil cases, so that vulnerability of witnesses is considered, and measures are taken to support vulnerable witnesses to give evidence effectively. This book contains the Act’s main provisions together with commentary to help you to understand it fully. Informed by the authors’ experience of vulnerable witnesses in practice, the book provides an essential reference for lawyers, law students, those who lead or hear witness in court and other professionals dealing with young people and adults who may be vulnerable as potential witnesses.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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