Book Spotlight - Witness Preparation, Presentation and Assessment
Posted by Peel Law Association
on 13 January 2023
Check out this new resource in the PLA Library!
Witness Preparation, Presentation and Assessment
by Justice Cameron Gunn, Mona Duckett, Patrick McGuinty
Published: December 2022 by Emond Publishing
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: Witness Preparation
Chapter 1. Practical and Ethical Considerations in Witness Preparation
Chapter 2. Witness Competence, Compellability and Privilege
Chapter 3. Vulnerable and Child Witnesses
Chapter 4. The Uncooperative and Discreditable Witness
Chapter 5. Preparing the Expert Witness
Part II: Witness Presentation
Chapter 6. Presenting a Witness
Chapter 7. Presenting the Difficult Witness
Chapter 8. Cross-Examining the Witness
Chapter 9. Abiding by the Rule in Browne v Dunn
Chapter 10. Presenting Lay Opinion Evidence
Chapter 11. Presenting Expert Opinion Evidence
Chapter 12. Police Witness
Chapter 13. The Vulnerable or Child Witness
Part III: Assessment of Witnesses
Chapter 14. The Obligation to Assess the Value of Witness Testimony
Chapter 15. Reliability as a Factor of Credibility
Chapter 16. Veracity as a Factor of Credibility
Chapter 17. Articulating the Analysis: The Sufficiency of Reasons
Chapter 18. The Credibility Assessment Checklist
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