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Attitude of the court to the record of appeal as settled by the parties

Condition precedent for the validity of a record of appeal

Duty of a court confronted with an incomplete record of appeal

Duty of an appellate court where records are missing

Effect of a record of appeal filed out of time

Effect of absence of the record of appeal

Effect of an appeal predicated on an incomplete record

Effect of an improperly compiled record of appeal

Effect of an incompetent record of appeal

Effect of failure of the respondent to file additional records of appeal

Effect of failure to apply to the court for rectification of the record of appeal

Effect of failure to attach the notice of appeal to the record of appeal

Effect of failure to include exhibits in the record of appeal

Effect of granting departure from the rules to enable a party to compile the record of appeal

Effect of the omission of the facts of the case from the record of appeal

How an appellate court must read the record of appeal

How the record of appeal should be settled

How to prove that a record of appeal was compiled out of time

Importance of a record of appeal

Need for a record of appeal to be properly compiled

Need for payment of prescribed fees before service of record of Appeal

Need for the Court to restrict itself to the contents of the record of appeal

On whose duty it is to compile the record of appeal and to invite parties for settlement of the record

Order to be made by the court where material parts of the record are missing

Orders that may be made by the appellate court where counsel informs the court of missing parts of the record of appeal

Position of the law regarding missing records

Power of the Court of Appeal to amend the record of appeal

Power of the Court of Appeal to look into the contents of the records of appeal and draw inferences from the documents contained therein

Power of the Supreme Court to amend any defect or error in the record of appeal

Power of the Supreme Court with respect to an incomplete record of appeal

Presumption of correctness of a record of appeal

Proper order to be made where a record of appeal as compiled and transmitted by the appellant is unusable

Rectification of the Record of Appeal

2 subsidiary principles

The appropriate manner to impeach the contents of a record of appeal

The bindingness of the record of appeal and how it may be challenged

The ground of an application to permit a party to compile the records of appeal

The principle that an appellant is entitled to contest the judgment of the lower court on the basis of what is disclosed in the record of appeal

The principle that parties are bound by the record of appeal

The principle that the court and parties are bound by the record of appeal

The purpose of an amendment of the record of appeal

The rule that an appellate court is entitled to consider and make use of all processes forming part of the record of appeal

The undesirability of decision of a court based on an incomplete record of appeal

Types of amendments of record of appeal and modes of bringing an application for each type

What a record of appeal must contain

What the rule that the appellate court is bound by the record of appeal entails

Whether a defective record of appeal renders the appeal incompetent

Whether a document not tendered at the trial can form part of the record of appeal

Whether a mere denial of the contents of the record of appeal amounts to an effective challenge of the record

Whether a mix-up of the name of the judex who delivered the decision appealed against affects the validity of a record of appeal

Whether a party who participated in the settlement of a record of appeal can object to the record

Whether a record of appeal may be used beyond the confines of the appeal for which it was prepared

Whether a record of appeal which contains illegible or undecipherable sentences should be received

Whether an amendment can be made to the record of appeal by way of importing facts or any evidence without the leave of court

Whether an appellant is automatically entitled to an acquittal upon the mere proof of lost or destroyed record of proceedings

Whether an appellate court can alter a record of appeal in the absence of a proper challenge by any of the parties

Whether an appellate court can hear an appeal on an incomplete record

Whether an appellate court is bound by the record of appeal

Whether an appellate court should ascribe relevance or materiality to every document included in a record of appeal merely because they are so included

Whether an application can be brought for the amendment of a record of appeal to correct the trial court's view of the evidence of a witness

Whether an order of dismissal is proper where the record of appeal is incomplete

Whether failure to exclude irrelevant documents in the record of appeal affects the justice of the appeal

Whether failure to include the index and the statement of facts to the record of appeal is fatal

Whether failure to include the index in the record of appeal renders the record a nullity

Whether it is a party's responsibility to ensure that the record of appeal is ready within a specified period

Whether it is every missing part of a record that is fatal to the hearing of an appeal

Whether the appellate court can decide an appeal where the confessional statements of an accused person do not form part of the record of appeal

Whether the compilation and certification of a record appeal is mandatory and effect of failure thereof

Whether the compilation and transmission of a complete record of appeal is a condition precedent to the assumption of jurisdiction by the appellate Court

Whether the law allows parties to file supplementary record of Appeal

Whether the presumption of genuineness of a court's record is absolute

Whether the Registrar of the Court of Appeal must compile the record of appeal in respect of an interlocutory decision

Whether the respondent can challenge the record of appeal compiled by the appellant in his brief of argument

Whether the respondent can file additional record of appeal

Whether the respondent has a duty to compile an additional record of appeal

Whether the trial court will entertain an application in respect of a pending appeal in where the applicant has failed to compile the record of appeal

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