The 2010 rules consolidate The Criminal Procedure Rules 2005 and eight statutory instruments which subsequently amended them. The historic re-statement of the rules includes the following additions and revisions: New procedure rules about investigation anonymity orders. New rules about objecting to the reading of committal statements at trial in the Crown Court; about measures to assist a witness or defendant to give evidence; about introducing hearsay evidence and about introducing evidence of bad character.
The 2010 rules consolidate The Criminal Procedure Rules 2005 and eight statutory instruments which subsequently amended them. The historic re-statement of the rules includes the following ad…