The Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 : text and commentary

The Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 : text and commentary / Laura Sharp, Margaret Ross.

A guide to the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 for anyone working with vulnerable witnesses. The 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...

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Main Author: Sharp, Laura (Lecturer in law)
Other Authors: Ross, Margaret L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dundee : Dundee University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Scotland. > Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004.
Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 (Scotland)
Criminal justice, Administration of > Scotland.
Examination of witnesses > Scotland.
Child witnesses > Scotland.
Child witnesses
Criminal justice, Administration of
Examination of witnesses
Scotland
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • table of cases
  • table of statutes
  • table of statutory instruments
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 DEFINITIONS OF “VULNERABLE WITNESSâ€? 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 RE VIEW 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 C ivil proceedings and vulnerable witnesses: scope and procedures7 ABOLITION OF THE COMPETENCE TEST FOR WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS
  • appendix list of forms of procedure
  • index

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