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Digital copy of a Jersey Law Commission Consultation Paper on Corroboration of Evidence in Criminal Trials. For Frank Walker's Witness Statement to the Inquiry dated 6 January 2016, see ZC/D/AW4/B2/14/WS000697.
| Reference | ZC/D/AW4/A5/14/WD008020 |
| Date | 1 December 2008 - 31 December 2008 |
| Scope and Content | Names Commissioners of the Jersey Law Commission: David Lyons (Chairman), Advocate Alan Binnington, Clive Chaplin (Solicitor), Advocate Kerry Lawrence, Advocate John Kelleher and Peter Hargreaves. Paper includes sections titled: The present state of the law in Jersey; The standard corroboration direction; The rationale for the practice; The nature of corroboration; Procedure; Criticism of the present corroboration rules; Justification for retention of the rules; Practice in other jurisdictions; and Our provisional conclusion. Includes a background and conclusion to the Report, referring to responses to a Consultation Paper dated December 2008. |
| Names | Ackner, Lord Binnington, Alan Chaplin, Clive Diplock, Lord William Hargreaves, Peter Kelleher, John Kinnard, Wendy, Senator Lawrence, Kerry Lyons, David Walker, Frank Attorney General Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault Council of Ministers Court of Appeal Home Affairs Jersey Law Commission State of Victoria Law Commission States of Jersey |
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| Dimensions | 1 pdf file |
| Language | English |
| Level of description | File |
| Access restrictions | PDF file - please click on the link to download |
| Closed until | 2100 |