Useful weblinks

Keane & McKeown: The Modern Law of Evidence 14e

Web links

The following is a list of websites providing free access to a wide range of materials relating to the law of evidence.

1. Advocate’s Gateway
   A variety of resources relating to vulnerable witnesses and defendants, including toolkits for case management and planning to question different types of vulnerable witness.
2. Attorney General’s Office
   A variety of announcements, publications, consultations, and statistics.
3. Australasian Legal Information Institute
   Australian and international cases, legislation, and legal articles.
4. BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute)
   British and Irish cases and legislation, EU cases, Law Commission reports, and other British and Irish law-related material.
5. Bar Standards Board
   

   The website of the regulator of barristers and other legal professionals in England and Wales with information and resources on the conduct of professional practice, including a handbook containing rules and guidance on professional ethics: 

6. Canadian Legal Information Institute
   Canadian cases and legislation.
7. Civil Procedure Rules
8. Codes of Practice (Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984)
9. Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
   Cases and legislation from all Commonwealth countries, External Territories, Dependencies, Hong Kong, and Ireland.
10. Criminal Bar Association
    Various updates and resources relating to criminal law and practice.
11. Criminal Courts Review, A Review of the Criminal Courts of England and Wales by Lord Justice Auld, September 2001
12. Criminal Procedure Rules and Practice Directions
13. Crown Court Compendium, Part 1
14. Guidance on directing the jury in Crown Court trials and on jury and trial management.
15. Crown Prosecution Service
    Research material, including resources for victims and witnesses and Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Reports.
16. European Court of Human Rights
    The European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR cases and news on forthcoming and recent judgments.
17. Family Procedure Rules
18. Federal Rules of Evidence (United States)
19. Home Office
    Publications, policies, consultations, and statistics relating to crime.
20. Judicial College
    Publications relating to judicial training, including key reference material.
21. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
    Judgments of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
22. Judicial Studies Board for Northern Ireland
    

    Publications relating to judicial training in Northern Ireland, including key reference material.

23. Law Commission
    Law Commission Reports and Consultation Papers.
24. Law Reform Commission of Ireland
    Irish Law Reform Reports and Consultation Papers.
25. Liberty
    Various materials relating to civil liberties and human rights.
26. Ministry of Justice
    Statistics and policy and research publications.
27. New Zealand Legal Information Institute
    New Zealand cases, legislation, and legal articles.
28. Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
    

    Various resources and materials relating to civil liberties and human rights.

29. Northern Ireland Law Commission
    Northern Ireland Law Reform Reports and Consultation Papers.
30. Parliament
    Bills and draft Bills before Parliament and Hansard (the edited verbatim reports of proceedings in both Houses of Parliament).
31. Parliamentary Documents
    Command and House of Commons Papers.
32. Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
    Materials relating to human rights in the UK, including judgments, reports, and associated evidence.
33. Procedure Rules
34. Scottish Law Commission
    Scottish Law Reform Reports and Consultation Papers.
35. South Africa Supreme Court of Appeal
    All judgments of the South Africa Supreme Court of Appeal from 1999 onwards.
36. Supreme Court
    Judgments of the Supreme Court and live video coverage of sittings.
37. The Bar Council

    The website of the representative body for barristers in England and Wales with information and resources for barristers, including a professional ethics and practice hub

38. The Inns of Court College of Advocacy Guidance on the preparation, admission and examination of expert evidence
39. United Kingdom Legislation
    UK Acts of Parliament and Statutory Instruments.
40. World Legal Information Institute
    Access to worldwide law, including a Law Reform Project with links to worldwide law reform databases.