Nutshells present the essentials of the law in clear, straightforward language. Nutshells explain the basic principles and highlight the key cases and statutes of those areas of the law most commonly favoured by examiners. Nutshells - no better tonic for pre-examination nerves could be prescribed. This edition covers the effects upon the law of evidence of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, as well as all major recent case law developments.