LPC Law Notes Civil Litigation Notes
A collection of the best LPC Civil Litigation notes the director of Oxbridge Notes (an Oxford law graduate) could find after combing through dozens of LPC samples from outstanding students with the highest results in England and carefully evaluating each on accuracy, formatting, logical structure, spelling/grammar, conciseness and "wow-factor".
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EVIDENCE
Factual Evidence The general principle is that courts should only accept evidence from witnesses with first-hand | |
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Witnesses | |
CPR 32.4 | Witness statements of the evidence a party intends to rely on at trial must be served. |
CPR 32.10 | If the witness statements are not served, the evidence cannot be relied upon except with the permission of the court and this will only be granted in exceptional circumstances. |
CPR 32.5(1) | If a party has served a witness statement of the evidence he wishes to rely at trial, he must call the witness to give oral evidence unless the court orders otherwise or he puts the statement in as hearsay evidence. |
CPR 32.5(3) | A witness can expand on court on his witness statement with the court’s permission. |
CPR 32.9 | Witness Summary
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CPR 34.2 | Witness Summons
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Hearsay Evidence – Civil Evidence Act 1995 | |
S.1(2) CEA 1995 | Hearsay = ‘a statement made otherwise than by a person while giving oral evidence in the proceedings which is tendered as evidence of the matters stated.’ |
S.1 CEA 1995 | Hearsay evidence admissible |
S.2 CEA 1995 | Notice required for hearsay evidence |
S.4 CEA 1995 | In estimating the weight (if any) to be given to hearsay evidence in civil proceedings the court shall have regard to any circumstances from which any inference can reasonably be drawn as to the reliability or otherwise of the evidence. |
CPR 33.2 & 3 | Notice procedure to rely on hearsay evidence |
Opinion Evidence The general rule is that opinion... |
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A collection of the best LPC Civil Litigation notes the director of Oxbridge Notes (an Oxford law graduate) could find after combing through dozens of LPC samples from outstanding students with the highest results in England and carefully evaluating each on accuracy, formatting, logical structure, spelling/grammar, conciseness and "wow-factor".
In short these are what we believe to be the strongest set of Civil Lit notes available in the UK this year. This collection of notes is fully updated ...
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