The Hearsay Rule under the Criminal Justice Act 2003: R v Xhabri (Agrol)

Abstract

Many lawyers do not find that the hearsay rule trips off the tongue. They apply it by instinct rather than design. Laymen may be utterly baffled by the rule. Next month we enter a new era when the hearsay provisions contained in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 between sections 114 and 136 come into force. New instincts will then have to be acquired and no doubt new anomalies are likely to emerge.