The Judges' Rules are a set of guidelines about police and questioning and the acceptability of the resulting statements and confessions as evidence in court.
Originally prepared for police in England, the Rules and their successor documents have become a part of legal procedure not just in Britain but in places as far afield as Jamaica, Zambia and Western Samoa where English law is followed.
In England and Wales the rules have been replaced by Code C made under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
The rules were first issued in 1912 by the judges of the King's Bench to give English police forces guidance on the procedures that they should follow in detaining and questioning suspects.
[1] The Home Secretary[citation needed] had requested the judges to explain how an investigation should be conducted to avoid the resulting evidence being ruled inadmissible in court.