Documentary Evidence

This text provides practitioners with guidance on the law and practice in this fast-changing and dynamic area of civil litigation. It reviews the means available in civil litigation in the High Court for the collection and use of documentary evidence, the obligation to disclose documents and the protection of documents from use by the other side. With its practical and modern approach, the book is designed to make this difficult and technical area of law accessible to both experienced and inexperienced practitioners, saving time and effort. It contains many specimen affidavits, summonses and court orders which provide illustration of the new ways in which the court allows litigants to gain access to documentary evidence.
 
This text provides practitioners with guidance on the law and practice in this fast-changing and dynamic area of civil litigation. It reviews the means available in civil litigation in the High Court for the collection and use of documentary evidence, the obligation to disclose documents and the protection of documents from use by the other side. With its practical and modern approach, the book is designed to make this difficult and technical area of law accessible to both experienced and inexperienced practitioners, saving time and effort. It contains many specimen affidavits, summonses and court orders which provide illustration of the new ways in which the court allows litigants to gain access to documentary evidence.