Discovery and Disclosure

Discovery and Disclosure provides an in-depth analysis of these important legal processes giving this area of the law a much needed up-to-date treatment, including the fundamental changes that have occurred to it over the last ten years. It examines all relevant judgments, such as Ryanair Ltd v Aer Rianta CPT and Braddish v DPP, which have had an impact on discovery and disclosure. It also:

*Gives a thorough understanding of discovery and disclosure procedures in both civil and criminal cases, and an examination the important procedural differences you need to be aware of.
*Ensures you know the What, When, Where and How To of each procedure by walking you step-by-step through each process.
*Examines the application of discovery in every court.
*Presents the reader with unique guidance to the application of discovery and disclosure before quasi-judicial bodies such as the EAT, coroner s courts and tribunals of inquiry.
*Provides a useful examination of all the latest civil and criminal case law that has impacted on discovery and disclosure.

Procedure to obtain discovery in the High, Circuit and District Courts; Relevance and necessity; Enforcing an order for discovery; Non-party discovery; Implied undertakings; Norwich Pharmacal orders; Discovery and disclosure in particular types of proceedings, including personal injury litigation and judicial review; Book of evidence; Service of additional evidence; Disclosure in summary criminal proceedings; Duty to seek out and preserve evidence; Transcripts of previous trials; Defence disclosure.

The authors are practising barristers.