Making hearsay into admissible evidence
Tanney, A.
Making hearsay into admissible evidence - 1999 - Property Week 64(5) 5 February 1999, 34(1) .
Looks at the issue of hearsay evidence for expert witnesses. The Civil Evidence Act 1995 made hearsay evidence admissible in civil proceedings, but such evidence is not admissible in criminal courts. This can cause problems for expert witnesses who wish to give evidence based on information gained from professional sources such as colleagues or professional databases.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
CIVIL EVIDENCE ACT 1995
EXPERT WITNESSES
HEARSAY EVIDENCE
SOUTHWARK LBC V SIMPSON
R V ABADOM
Making hearsay into admissible evidence - 1999 - Property Week 64(5) 5 February 1999, 34(1) .
Looks at the issue of hearsay evidence for expert witnesses. The Civil Evidence Act 1995 made hearsay evidence admissible in civil proceedings, but such evidence is not admissible in criminal courts. This can cause problems for expert witnesses who wish to give evidence based on information gained from professional sources such as colleagues or professional databases.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
CIVIL EVIDENCE ACT 1995
EXPERT WITNESSES
HEARSAY EVIDENCE
SOUTHWARK LBC V SIMPSON
R V ABADOM