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In R v. Sharp [1988] 1 WLR 7 HL, in a speech with which the rest of the House of Lords agreed, Lord Havers said (at p. 11):
‘I accept the definition of the hearsay rule in Cross on Evidence, 6th ed. (1985), p. 38: “an assertion other than one made by a person while giving oral evidence in the proceedings is inadmissible as evidence of any fact asserted.”’
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Emson, R. (1999). The Scope of the Hearsay Rule. In: Evidence. Macmillan Law Masters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14994-0_5
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