Vulnerable Witnesses Within Family and Criminal Proceedings: Protections, Safeguards and Sanctions

ISBN-13: 9781526507235 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 248 str.

Frank Feehan Qc; Caroline Harris

Spis treści

1 Summary of the purpose of the handbook 2 General principles as to the examination of witnesses 3 Vulnerable people: pre-proceedings/investigation stage 4 Vulnerable people in the initial stages of proceedings 5 Joint hearings – family and crime 6 Fitness to plead and specific defences arising from being a vulnerable defendant 7 Young defendants and the youth court 8 Intermediaries and ground rules hearings 9 Additional pre-giving evidence considerations for vulnerable witnesses 10 The official solicitor 11 Competence of witnesses in a criminal trial 12 Vulnerable witnesses during a criminal trial 13 Vulnerable defendants during the criminal trial process 14 Jury directions and the judge’s summing up 15 Family law