Smith, Bailey and Gunn on The Modern English Legal System

Now in its 5th edition, this comprehensive guide provides a lucid and wide-ranging account of the English legal system. Widely regarded as the leading work on this subject, Smith, Bailey & Gunn on The Modern English Legal System: This book Covers the institutions, personnel and procedures, the handling of case law and statutes & the Details of key legislative developments, including changes resulting from the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, the Criminal Justice Act 2003, the Courts Act 2003, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Criminal Defence Service Act 2006, the Police and Justice Act 2006, the Tribunals, Court and Enforcement Act 2007, the Legal Services Bill 2007 and the Solicitor's Code of Conduct 2007 are also Included.

It also serves detailed Analysis of key case law including landmark cases such as A v Secretary of State, Leeds City Council v Price, and R (Jackson) v Attorney-General Covers other important developments such as the impact of the accession of a large number of countries joining the EU, the further consolidation of the Woolf Reforms, the growth in significance of ADR, the Law Society’s Training Framework Review, and continued pressures on publicly funded legal services. In This book sample court forms, tables of essential statistics, and flow charts illustrating the court structure is also given.