These are a number of legal publications
that are relied upon in court as a matter of course. Evidence
and procedure in the magistrates' courts are dealt with
in "Stones Justices' Manual" (Stones), whilst
criminal procedure with more emphasis on proceedings in
the Crown Court is contained in "Archbold, Criminal
Pleading, Evidence and Practice". "Blackstone's
Criminal Practice" covers both the magistrate's court
and the Crown Court. These three publications are published
annually, and care must be exercised if referring to any
other than the current edition.
Health and safety law is dealt
with in 'Halsbury's Laws of England' and other more specialised
publications such as `Hendy & Ford, "Redgraves Health
and Safety "' and 'Daintith and Willoughby, "United
Kingdom Oil and Gas Law"'. These are regarded as books
of authority and the views expressed in them are likely to be
accepted in the magistrates' court.
If having referred to these
sources, you feel the law is unclear, further legal advice should
be sought from the appropriate Legal Liaison contact points.
