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Machine generated contents note: 1.The English Legal System---An Overview -- Introduction -- The principal sources of law -- Legislation -- Common law and equity -- The European Union -- The European Convention on Human Rights -- Other sources -- The distinction between civil and criminal matters --...

Contents note continued: The interpretation and construction of statutes -- The need for interpretation and construction -- Judicial approaches to interpretation -- Rules of interpretation and language -- Presumptions of substance -- Material aids to construction -- Interpretation of European Union...

Contents note continued: The Treaty of Amsterdam -- The Treaty of Nice and the Charter of Fundamental Rights -- The Treaty of Lisbon: A constitution in all but name? -- The scope of European law -- The principle of subsidiarity -- The institutions -- The Council -- The Commission -- The Parliament -...

Contents note continued: The status of Convention rights and jurisprudence -- The impact on legislation -- Direct enforcement of Convention rights -- A British bill of rights? -- Further reading -- 6.Convention Rights -- Introduction -- The nature of the rights protected -- Proportionality -- The ma...

Contents note continued: Article 12 The right to marry and found a family -- Article 14 The right not to be discriminated against with regard to other Convention rights -- Protocol 1 -- The European Court of Human Rights -- The composition and procedure of the court -- The admissibility of complaint...

Contents note continued: Jurisdiction -- The divisions -- County courts -- Constitution -- Jurisdiction -- The Crown Court -- Creation of the Crown Court -- Constitution -- Jurisdiction and procedure -- Magistrates' courts -- Constitution and organization -- Justices of the peace -- Justices' clerks...

Contents note continued: The Employment Appeal Tribunal -- Domestic tribunals -- Control of tribunals by the courts -- Appeals from tribunals -- Supervisory control -- Challenging the decisions of p̀rivate' disciplinary bodies -- Inquiries -- Statutory inquiries -- Tribunals of inquiry -- Further re...

Contents note continued: Jury secrecy -- The merits of jury trial -- Further reading -- 11.Legal Services -- Introduction -- The legal profession: The organizational framework -- An overview -- The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 -- The Access to Justice Act 1999 -- The Legal Services Act 2007 --...

Contents note continued: The Legal Services Act 2007 -- Civil liability -- Solicitors -- Barristers -- Fees and costs -- Remuneration -- Conditional fee agreements -- Litigation funding agreements -- The funding and cost of legal services -- Introduction -- Legal aid -- The development of legal aid...

Contents note continued: Access to justice -- Cost -- The Woolf analysis -- Delay and the adversarial nature of civil litigation -- Expense -- Complexity -- Court of trial -- Recommendations -- The Jackson Report -- Proportionality of costs -- The incidence of costs -- Conditional fee agreements --...

Contents note continued: Inspection, etc. of property -- The Norwich Pharmacal principle -- Search orders -- Freezing orders -- Further reading -- 15.Civil Trials -- Introduction -- The court of trial -- The three-track approach -- Small claims track -- Fast track -- Multi-track -- Discontinuance an...

Contents note continued: Appeal against a finding of fact -- Appeal against the exercise of a discretion -- Appeal against an award of damages -- Further reading -- pt. IV Criminal Proceedings -- 17.The Criminal Justice System -- Introduction -- Management of the criminal justice process -- The s̀ys...

Contents note continued: The Criminal Justice Act 2003 -- The criteria -- Judicial review of the decision to prosecute or discontinue -- Discontinuance -- Time limits for prosecution and abuse of process -- Requirements of Article 6 ECHR -- Abuse of process -- Bringing the suspect before the court -...

Contents note continued: Defence disclosure -- Further prosecution disclosure -- Expert evidence -- The indictment -- Introduction -- Form and contents -- Joinder; separate trials -- Long trials: The number of counts and accused -- Non-jurytrial on indictment -- Duplicity -- Objecting to the indictm...

Contents note continued: Introduction -- Appeals -- Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) -- The development of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) -- The role of the Court of Appeal -- The grounds of appeal -- Appeal against conviction -- Appeal against sentence -- The Criminal Cases Review Commi...