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Documentary Evidence by Charles Hollander QC, now in its Fourteenth Edition, is the leading practitioner's work on disclosure, documentary evidence and legal professional privilege. This is the South Asian Edition published by Sweet & Maxwell, making the complete text available to readers in India and the region.

The book provides detailed analysis and sensible practical advice, arranged chronologically so that a practitioner can see when in the life of a case each disclosure obligation arises and how it is to be discharged. It is frequently cited in court, and has long been the first place counsel look when a question of disclosure or privilege arises.

Its organising theme is the "cards-on-the-table" approach of the Civil Procedure Rules — the principle that parties to litigation should exchange the documents relevant to the dispute that are in their possession or control, rather than keep them back.

Key Features

• Fourteenth Edition, South Asian Edition published by Sweet & Maxwell
• Chronological structure following the stages of a case, from pre-action to trial
• Comprehensive treatment of legal professional privilege — legal advice privilege, litigation privilege, waiver and loss of privilege
• Full chapters on electronic disclosure and the management of electronic documents
• Practical guidance on the disclosure pilot scheme and CPR Part 31
• Treatment of confidentiality and the collateral undertaking
• Cross-border and international elements of discovery
• Approximately 660 pages, hardback, English

Coverage

• The principles, obligations and protections governing disclosure
• Pre-action protocols and objections to disclosure
• CPR disclosure rules and their practical application
• Legal professional privilege in all its aspects
• Electronic disclosure and document management
• Confidentiality and collateral undertakings
• Access to court documents by non-parties
• The document-gathering powers of regulatory bodies and investigators
• International elements and cross-border discovery
• Witness statements and expert reports
• The Civil Evidence Act 1995

New in the Fourteenth Edition

• Substantially revised chapters on access to court documents, the requirements of CPR Part 31, the disclosure pilot scheme and the general principles of disclosure
• Updated case law including Dring v Cape Intermediate Holdings plc and WH Holdings Ltd v E20 Stadium LLP

About the Author

Charles Hollander QC practises from Brick Court Chambers in London. He is a recognised authority on disclosure, privilege and conflicts of interest, and has been the author of this work through successive editions.

Who Should Buy This Book?

• Commercial litigators and counsel handling document-heavy disputes
• Advocates dealing with discovery, inspection and privilege claims
• Arbitration counsel, where disclosure practice is frequently argued by reference to English authority
• In-house counsel managing document preservation and regulatory requests
• Judges and judicial officers hearing discovery and privilege applications
• Practitioners in e-discovery and forensic technology
• Law students and research scholars in evidence and civil procedure
• Law libraries, chambers and institutional collections

Why Choose This Book?

Disclosure and privilege questions arise urgently and are decided on principle rather than on any single code. In India, discovery and inspection under Order XI of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and privilege under sections 126 to 129 of the Evidence Act — now carried forward into the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — share their origins with the English rules, and Indian courts continue to draw on English authority when the scope of privilege or the reach of a disclosure obligation is in issue.

For commercial litigation and for arbitration seated in India, where the parties routinely argue disclosure by reference to English practice, Hollander is the standard reference. The South Asian Edition puts it within reach.