What are Laws and how are the considered?

 

 

Statute Laws (which are Acts of Parliaments) and Common Law (based on case outcomes) are relevant to all individuals and organisations. Evidence is the substantial part of legal cases that involve people, science, research and facts.

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Across the various areas of law, there are governed Procedure Rules and supplemental Practice Directions that courts, parties, representatives and witnesses are required to abide by.

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• In Civil Law these are known as the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and the supplemental Civil Practice Directions (PDs).

• In Family Law there are Family Procedure Rules along with Family Practice Directions.

• And in Criminal Law the Criminal Procedure Rules are known as CrimPR, and there are Criminal Practice Directions.

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A person can be referred to in a court case, as hearsay evidence, without them knowing that they were mentioned or referred to. A classic example of this is when the court receives an Application from a party that the witness is 'unavailable'.  This situation is governed in law by rules, whereby the Court might agree to admit the evidence but provide a 'legal direction' to the other party, or jury that they must consider that evidence as 'hearsay evidence'.

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If we look at current times, the courts across the UK are busy on a daily basis, dealing with several cases. The number of cases across the courts in the last year were approximately:

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• 1.7 million Civil claims in 2025 (these include monetary and non-monetary claims).

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• 250,000 Family cases in 2025 (this is for private law and public law children cases).

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• 1.7 million Criminal Court cases in 2025.

        With approximately 1.4 million in Magistrates Courts and 310,000 in Crown Courts.

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The far reaching roots of law are historic, current and futuristic. These observations demonstrate an evolving sector in our lives that is ever changing, developing and multi-disciplined. How often you use your mobile phone, or a social media network to communicate?Then think about how they didn't exist 20 plus years ago. Facebook (now Meta) was launched in 2004, X (formerly Twitter) was created in 2006, the first SMS (text message) on a mobile phone sent in the UK was in 1992.

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Courts, judges and lawyers have to learn and grapple modern technologies as much as anyone else. They have to be able to understand evidence so that they can present it or make decisions about it with probability (in civil and family law) and sureness (in criminal law). The legal world is continually developing, just like any other industry.

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Law and Evidence features in every court that is subject to the laws of England and Wales. All practitioners working within law are presenting, arguing and challenging different aspects of case evidence. Our members provide insights into the daily life of law, courts and members of public, to help you gain an understanding of putting study into practice.

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