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Reader Emeritus in Law

Bencher (Lincoln's Inn)

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Books

Evidence (Core text) (Oxford University Press, 2017) 9th Edition

Commercial Law: Text, Materials and Cases (with MA Clarke, RJA Hooley, LS Sealy, AM Tettenborn and PG Turner) (Oxford University Press, 2017) 5th Edition

Co-Author/s:
MA Clarke, RJA Hooley, LS Sealy, AM Tettenborn and PG Turner
ISBN:
9780199692088
Published Apr 2017

Agency: Law and Principles (OUP, 2016) 3rd Edition

Evidence (Core Text) (Oxford University Press), 2011) 6th Edition

ISBN:
978-0-19-960050-2
Published Apr 2011

Agency: Law and Principles (Oxford University Press, 2010)

Published Jul 2010

Evidence (Core Text) (Oxford University Press, 2009) 5th Edition

ISBN 13:
978-0-19-955433-1
Published Apr 2009

Evidence (Core Text) (Oxford University Press, 2007) 4th Edition

Published May 2007

Evidence (Core Text) (Oxford University Press, 2005) 3rd Edition

Published Jun 2005

Evidence, Butterworths Student Statutes (LexisNexis UK, 2003) 5th Edition

ISBN:
0406972729
ISBN 13:
978-0406972729
Published Oct 2003

Comparative Legal Studies: Traditions and Transitions (with Pierre Legrand (Ed)) (eds) (Cambridge University Press, 2003)

Co-Author/s:
Pierre Legrand (Ed)
ISBN:
0521818117
ISBN 13:
9780521818117
Published Aug 2003

Evidence (LexisNexis UK, 2003) 2nd Edition

Published Jun 2003

An Outline of the Law of Agency (with Basil S. Markesinis) (Butterworths, 1998) 4th Edition

Co-Author/s:
Basil S. Markesinis
ISBN:
040690412X
ISBN 13:
978-0406904126
Published Aug 1998

Articles

"Appealing Contempt of Court: Parliament's Homeric Nod" [2012] Stat. L.R. 354

Citation:
[2012] Stat. L.R. 354
Published: Sep 2012

"Case Management, Disclosure and the Rules of Evidence" (2012) 176 C.L. & J. 377-80

Citation:
(2012) 176 C.L. & J. 377-80
Published: Mar 2012

"Refreshing Memory: Previous Statements that Fail to Revive Witnesses’ Memories" (2012) 176 C.L. & J. 213-6

Citation:
(2012) 176 C.L. & J. 213-6
Published: Feb 2012

"Interpretation of Legislation in England: The Expanding Quest for Parliamentary Intention" (2011) 75 RabelsZ 764-86

Citation:
(2011) 75 RabelsZ 764-86
Published: Apr 2011

"Athwal and All That: Previous Statements, Narrative, and the Taxonomy of Hearsay" [2010] J. Crim. Law 415-433

Citation:
[2010] J. Crim. Law 415-433
Published: Aug 2010

"Single-Act Propensity" [2010] J. Crim. Law 128-145

Citation:
[2010] J. Crim. Law 128-145
Published: Mar 2010

"The Province of the Prerogative of Mercy Determined" (2009) 173 JPN 181

Citation:
(2009) 173 JPN 181
Published: Mar 2009

"Suppressing Dissent" (2008) 172 JPN 830

Citation:
(2008) 172 JPN 830
Published: Nov 2008

"La contumace (défaut criminel): la necessité de la présence du prévenu en droit anglais" (2008) Essais de philosophie pénale et de criminologie, vol. 7, pp. 279-296

Citation:
(2008) Essais de philosophie pénale et de criminologie, vol. 7, pp. 279-296
Published: Sep 2008

"The Bridge that Choked a Watercourse or Repetitive Dictionary Disorder" [2008] 29 Statute Law Review 26-44

Citation:
[2008] 29 Statute Law Review 26-44
Published: Aug 2008

"Misconduct that "has to do with the alleged facts of the offence with which the defendant is charged" ... More or Less" [2008] J. Crim. Law 214-35

Citation:
[2008] J. Crim. Law 214-35
Published: Jun 2008

"Preservation of the Common Law and the Perpetuation of Error: Section 118(1), r. 4(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003" (2008) 172 J.P. 348-354

Citation:
(2008) 172 J.P. 348-354
Published: May 2008

"In the Wake of 'Good Governance': Impact Assessments and the Politicisation of Statutory Interpretation" (2008) 71 Modern Law Review 386-413

Citation:
(2008) 71 Modern Law Review 386-413
Published: May 2008

"Legislation that would 'Preserve' the Common Law: The Case of the Declaration of Intention" (2008) 124 Law Quarterly Review 46-71

Citation:
(2008) 124 Law Quarterly Review 46-71
Published: Jan 2008

"Of Law Clerks and Judicial Assistants" (2007) 171 Justice of the Peace 455-60

Citation:
(2007) 171 Justice of the Peace 455-60
Published: Jul 2007

"The Quick and the Dead: Who Counts as a 'Person' under s. 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003?" [2007] 71 Journal of Criminal Law 238-58

Citation:
[2007] 71 Journal of Criminal Law 238-58
Published: May 2007

"The Judicial Discretion to Admit Hearsay Evidence" (2007) 171 Justice of the Peace 276-284

Citation:
(2007) 171 Justice of the Peace 276-284
Published: Apr 2007

"Judicial Footnotes: A Footnote (with Footnotes)" (2006) 170 Justice of the Peace 864-870

Citation:
(2006) 170 Justice of the Peace 864-870
Published: Nov 2006

"Fish with Feathers: English Judgments with Footnotes" (2006) 170 Justice of the Peace 444-8

Citation:
(2006) 170 Justice of the Peace 444-8
Published: Jun 2006

"Coming of Age in the Privy Council" (2006) 170 Justice of the Peace 244-248

Citation:
(2006) 170 Justice of the Peace 244-248
Published: Apr 2006

"Case Management, Similar Fact Evidence in Civil Cases, and a Divided Law of Evidence" (2006) 10 International Journal of Evidence and Proof 81-103

Citation:
(2006) 10 International Journal of Evidence and Proof 81-103
Published: Apr 2006

"The Purposes of Gateway (g): Yet Another Problematic of the Criminal Justice Act 2003" [2006] Criminal Law Review 300-318

Citation:
[2006] Criminal Law Review 300-318
Published: Mar 2006

"Exemplum Habemus: Reflections on the Judicial Studies Board's Specimen Directions" [2006] 70 Journal of Criminal Law 27-74

Citation:
[2006] 70 Journal of Criminal Law 27-74
Published: Feb 2006

"Explanatory Notes and Statutory Interpretation" (2006) 170 Justice of the Peace 124-132

Citation:
(2006) 170 Justice of the Peace 124-132
Published: Feb 2006

"Cut-Throat Defences and the 'Propensity to be Untruthful' under Section 104 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003" [2005] Criminal Law Review 624-37

Citation:
[2005] Criminal Law Review 624-37
Published: Aug 2005

"The Court, the Dictionary, and the True Meaning of 'Oppression': A Neo-Socratic Dialogue on English Legal Method" [2005] 26 Statute Law Review 103-24

Citation:
[2005] 26 Statute Law Review 103-24
Published: May 2005

"Bad Character Rules and Riddles: 'Explanatory Notes' and True Meanings of Section 103(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003" [2005] Criminal Law Review 337-54

Citation:
[2005] Criminal Law Review 337-54
Published: Apr 2005

""Round up the Usual Suspects!" or What We Have to Fear from Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (2005) 169 Justice of the Peace 328-35"

Published: Mar 2005

"What Constitutes 'Other Reprehensible Behaviour' under the Bad Character Provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003?" [2005] Criminal Law Review 24-43

Citation:
[2005] Criminal Law Review 24-43
Published: Jan 2005

"Reasoning without Dissent; Dissenting without Reason" (2004) 168 Justice of the Peace 968-75 and 991-1,000

Citation:
(2004) 168 Justice of the Peace 968-75 and 991-1,000
Published: Dec 2004

"Lawyers and Latin" (2004) 168 Justice of the Peace 775-9

Citation:
(2004) 168 Justice of the Peace 775-9
Published: Oct 2004

"Law Reports, Transcripts, and the Fabric of the Criminal Law - A Speculation" [2004] 68 J. Crim. Law 227-243

Citation:
[2004] 68 J. Crim. Law 227-243
Published: May 2004

"Failures to Mention Facts, the 'Pre-prepared Statement', and the Reality of Legal Representation" (2004) The Criminal Lawyer, No. 138, p. 3

Citation:
(2004) The Criminal Lawyer, No. 138, p. 3
Published: Jan 2004

"Adverse Denial and Purposive Confession" [2003] Criminal Law Review 850

Citation:
[2003] Criminal Law Review 850
Published: Dec 2003

"Judicial Configurations: Permutations of the Court and Properties of Judgment" [2002] Cambridge Law Journal 612

Citation:
[2002] Cambridge Law Journal 612
Published: Sep 2002

"Transcripts: Bane or Boon?" (2002) 2 Legal Information Management No 2, p. 32

Citation:
(2002) 2 Legal Information Management No 2, p. 32
Published: Jun 2002

"'All for One and One for All': The Rise to Prominence of the Composite Judgment in the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal" [2002] Cambridge Law Journal 321

Citation:
[2002] Cambridge Law Journal 321
Published: May 2002

"Law Reporting: Maintaining a Literate Common Law" (2002) 166 Justice of the Peace 284

Citation:
(2002) 166 Justice of the Peace 284
Published: Apr 2002

"Inferences and Explanations" (2002) Archbold News No. 2, p. 6

Citation:
(2002) Archbold News No. 2, p. 6
Published: Mar 2002

"Judicial Studies Board Specimen Directions and the Enforcement of Orthodoxy: A Modest Case Study" [2002] Journal of Criminal Law 158

Citation:
[2002] Journal of Criminal Law 158
Published: Feb 2002

"Over-Citation: Stemming the Tide" (2002) 166 Justice of the Peace (Part 1) 6, (part 2) 29 and (Part 3) 83

Citation:
(2002) 166 Justice of the Peace (Part 1) 6, (part 2) 29 and (Part 3) 83
Published: Jan 2002

"Sham Marriages and Spousal Compellability" [2001] Journal of Criminal Law 336

Citation:
[2001] Journal of Criminal Law 336
Published: Aug 2001

"'New Sections for Old!'" (2001) 151 New Law Journal 699

Citation:
(2001) 151 New Law Journal 699
Published: May 2001

"'Official' Law Reports, Neutral Citation and Other Curiosities: Another Visit to the Grand Canon" (2001) 165 Justice of the Peace 342

Citation:
(2001) 165 Justice of the Peace 342
Published: May 2001

"The 'Official' Law Reports" (2001) 165 Justice of the Peace 162

Citation:
(2001) 165 Justice of the Peace 162
Published: Mar 2001

"Does Latin Impede Legal Understanding?" (2000) 164 Justice of the Peace 995

Citation:
(2000) 164 Justice of the Peace 995
Published: Dec 2000

"Le principe de la legalite dans les pays de common law" (1999) Revue penitentiaire et de droit penal 335

Citation:
(1999) Revue penitentiaire et de droit penal 335
Published: Jul 1999

"What Constitutes a Good Character?" [1997] Criminal Law Review 247

Citation:
[1997] Criminal Law Review 247
Published: Apr 1997

"Inferences from Silence and European Human Rights Law" [1996] Criminal Law Review 370

Citation:
[1996] Criminal Law Review 370
Published: Jun 1996

"The Bench Books: Can the Judiciary Keep a Secret?" [1996] Criminal Law Review 296

Citation:
[1996] Criminal Law Review 296
Published: May 1996

"What do the French think of their Jury? Views from Poitiers and Paris" (1995) 15 Legal Studies 66

Citation:
(1995) 15 Legal Studies 66
Published: Jan 1995

"The Paradox of Cross-Examination to Credit: Too Close for Comfort" [1994] Cambridge Law Journal 303

Citation:
[1994] Cambridge Law Journal 303
Published: Jul 1994

"Comparative Law and English Law's Character Evidence Rules" (1993) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 589

Citation:
(1993) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 589
Published: Sep 1993

"Jury Trial, Continental-Style" (1993) 13 Legal Studies 204

Citation:
(1993) 13 Legal Studies 204
Published: Apr 1993

"Musings on the Dying Declaration" (1993) 22 Anglo-American Law review 42

Citation:
(1993) 22 Anglo-American Law review 42
Published: Feb 1993

"Trials of Defendants in Handcuffs" (1993) 157 Justice of the Peace 35

Citation:
(1993) 157 Justice of the Peace 35
Published: Jan 1993

"Bentham, Bacon, and the Movement for the Reform of English Law Reporting" (1992) 4 Utilitas 299

Citation:
(1992) 4 Utilitas 299
Published: Jun 1992

"Directing Juries on the Defendant's Good Character" [1991] Journal of Criminal Law 521

Citation:
[1991] Journal of Criminal Law 521
Published: Nov 1991

"Name Suppression: An Adjunct to the Presumption of Innocence and to Mitigation of Sentence" [1991] Criminal Law Review 680 and 753

Citation:
[1991] Criminal Law Review 680 and 753
Published: Aug 1991

"Hostile Witnesses and the Admission of Statements under Section 23 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988" [1991] Criminal Law Review 349

Citation:
[1991] Criminal Law Review 349
Published: May 1991

"Salvaging the Law of Agency" [1991] Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 1

Citation:
[1991] Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 1
Published: Feb 1991

"Proof of Guilt by Association under Section 74 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984" [1990] Criminal Law Review 236

Citation:
[1990] Criminal Law Review 236
Published: Apr 1990

"Irregular Disclosure of Evidence of Bad Character" [1990] Criminal Law Review 92

Citation:
[1990] Criminal Law Review 92
Published: Jan 1990

"Calling a Hostile Witness" [1989] Criminal Law Review 866

Citation:
[1989] Criminal Law Review 866
Published: Dec 1989

"A Reform that Almost Wasn't" [1989] New Zealand Law Journal 345

Citation:
[1989] New Zealand Law Journal 345
Published: Oct 1989

"The Admissibility of Evidence of Propensity in Common Law Jurisdictions" (1989) 19 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 223

Citation:
(1989) 19 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 223
Published: Jun 1989

"The Capacity to Execute an Enduring Power of Attorney in New Zealand and England" [1989] 13 New Zealand Universities Law Review 253

Citation:
[1989] 13 New Zealand Universities Law Review 253
Published: Apr 1989

"Handcuffing the Defendant" (1989) 139 New Law Journal 47

Citation:
(1989) 139 New Law Journal 47
Published: Jan 1989

"Handling the Evidential Exception" [1987] Crimial Law Review 345

Citation:
[1987] Crimial Law Review 345
Published: Jun 1987

"The Judge who answered his Critics" [1987] Cambridge Law Journal 303

Citation:
[1987] Cambridge Law Journal 303
Published: May 1987

"The Wilder Permutations of Section 1(f) of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898" [1987] 7 Legal Studies 137

Citation:
[1987] 7 Legal Studies 137
Published: Mar 1987

"Stepping beyond the Bounds of Credibility: the Application of Section 1(f)(ii) of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898" [1986] Criminal Law Review 511

Citation:
[1986] Criminal Law Review 511
Published: Aug 1986

"The French Law of Surnames: A Study in Rights of Property, Personality and Privacy" (1986) 6 Legal Studies 79

Citation:
(1986) 6 Legal Studies 79
Published: Mar 1986

"The Girl they named Manhattan: the Law of Forenames in France and England" (1985) 5 Legal Studies 331

Citation:
(1985) 5 Legal Studies 331
Published: Sep 1985

"Corroboration and the Partial Admission" [1985] Criminal Law Review 190

Citation:
[1985] Criminal Law Review 190
Published: Apr 1985

"Legislating in Defence of the French Language" [1985] Cambridge Law Journal 218

Citation:
[1985] Cambridge Law Journal 218
Published: Mar 1985

"Reflections on the Criminal Evidence Act 1898" [1985] Cambridge Law Journal 62

Citation:
[1985] Cambridge Law Journal 62
Published: Mar 1985

"The Duties of Defence Counsel [1983] Criminal Law Review 703"

Published: Oct 1983

"The Common Lawyer's Philosophy of Legislation" (1983) 14 Rechtstheorie 191

Citation:
(1983) 14 Rechtstheorie 191
Published: Mar 1983

"Excluding the Expert Witness" [1981] Criminal Law Review 688

Citation:
[1981] Criminal Law Review 688
Published: Oct 1981

"Order in the Indictment" [1981] 1 Legal Studies 148

Citation:
[1981] 1 Legal Studies 148
Published: Mar 1981

"Tribunal Lore: Legalism and the Industrial Tribunals" (1981) Industrial Law Journal 146

Citation:
(1981) Industrial Law Journal 146
Published: Feb 1981

"The Uniform Interpretation of International Conventions" (1978) 27 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 450

Citation:
(1978) 27 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 450
Published: Oct 1978

"New Dimensions of Precedent" (1978) XIV Journal of the Society of Public Teachers of Law (New Series) 201

Citation:
(1978) XIV Journal of the Society of Public Teachers of Law (New Series) 201
Published: Apr 1978

"A Legal History of the Factor" (1977) 6 Anglo-American Law Review 221

Citation:
(1977) 6 Anglo-American Law Review 221
Published: Apr 1977

Book Chapters

"Judicial Opinion and Dissenting Opinion: A Paean to Dissent", Odùvodnìní soudního rozhodnutí / The Judicial Opinion / Begründung von Gerichtsentscheidung (Centra Právni Komparatistiky Právnické Fakulty Univerzity Karlovy v Praze, 2011), pp. 515-76

"Configuring Reason" (with Stefan Vogenauer & Hans Adenas), A Matter of Style? The Form of Judgments in the United Kingdom and Abroad: Papers Delivered at a Seminar in Honour of Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill in Oxford, June 20 and 21, 2008 (Forthcoming) (Hart Publishing, 2009)

Publisher:
Co-Author/s:
Stefan Vogenauer & Hans Adenas
Published Sep 2009