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Smith, Bailey & Gunn on The Modern English Legal System
By
Stephen Bailey, Michael Gunn, NICK TAYLOR, Jane Ch
Description
Covering the
institutions, personnel and procedures, together with the handling of
caselaw and statutes, Smith, Bailey and Gunn provides a lucid and
wide-ranging account of the English Legal System and is widely
regarded as the leading work on this subject.
Accompanying the
authors’ clear and comprehensive narrative are sample court
forms, tables of essential statistics and flow charts illustrating
the court structures.
Among the numerous
developments this fifth edition details are significant changes
resulting from the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, including the role
of the Lord Chancellor, the restructuring of the Judiciary and the
establishment of a Supreme Court and a Judicial Appointments
Commission
Similarly, it
comments on the changes made by the Criminal Justice Act 2003
affecting procedure, evidence and sentencing in the light of the Auld
Report; changes brought about by the Courts Act 2003 relating to
courts, magistrates and procedure; and the establishment of SOCA by
the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. Other legislative
developments dealt with by this edition are the Proceeds of Crime Act
2002, The Criminal Defence Service Act 2006, the Police and Justice
Act 2006, Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill 2007, the Legal
Services Bill 2007 and Solicitors Code of Conduct 2007.
Key cases analysed
include such landmark decisions A v Secretary of State, Leeds City
Council v Price, and R (Jackson) v Attorney General.
Additionally, the
impact of the accession of a large number of countries joining the
EU, the further consolidation of the Woolf Reforms, the growth in
significance of ADR, the Law Society’s Training Framework
Review, and continued pressures on publicly funded legal services are
all taken into account.
# Part one:
Courts, Personnel and Sources of Law
# Part two:
Solving Legal Problems
# Part three:
Pre-Trial Procedure
# Part four: The
Hearing
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