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The recommendation: evidence of substantial probative value 11.46 149
The Theft Act 1968, section 27(3) 11.48 149
The defects of the current law and the proposals in the
consultation paper 11.49 150
The response on consultation 11.53 150
The Official Secrets Act 1911, section 1(2) 11.56 151
The effect of an earlier acquittal 11.62 152
PART XII: THE CREDIBILITY EXCEPTION 153
Introduction 12.1 153
The recommendation
The defendant will have obtained leave to attack the other’s
character 12.3 153
The comparison 12.7 154
The test of enhanced relevance 12.8 155
The interests of justice test 12.9 155
Attacks which do not relate to the person’s propensity to tell
the truth 12.22 157
PART XIII: THE CORRECTIVE EXCEPTION 159
When a defendant is responsible for the misleading impression 13.3 160
The non-testifying defendant 13.9 161
Implied and non-verbal assertions 13.13 162
The corrective evidence must have substantial value
Divisibility of character 13.22 164
The interests of justice test 13.29 166
Factors to take into account 13.30 166
Practice in the magistrates’ courts 13.37 168
Use of the evidence 13.38 168
The recommendations 13.48 170
Where the defendant sets up a false or misleading comparison 13.51 170