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Circumstances justifying a submission of no case to answer

Circumstances when a no case submission can be made and upheld

Duty of a Court when a no case submission is made

Effect of evidence given by the defendant upon a wrongful rejection of the no case submission

Principles governing whether or not there is a case for the accused to answer at the end of the prosecution's evidence

Procedure to be followed where the trial judge wrongly overruled a no case submission

The legal position after a ruling on a no case submission

What "making out of a case sufficiently" at the end of the prosecution's case entails

What a determination of a "whether case is made out against the accused sufficiently to require him to make a defence" depends on

What the phrase “no evidence to prove an essential element” means at the no case submission stage

When a no case submission is made

When a no case submission will be upheld in trials on indictment

When it will be said that there is no case to answer

Whether a dismissal of the no case submission means that the prosecution has produced enough evidence to warrant a conviction

Whether a ruling on a no case submission is invalid if given without reasons

Whether an unsuccessful no case submission can be followed by an appeal

Whether counsel for the accused has a right to make a no case submission

Whether incriminating evidence that follows an erroneous rejection of a no case submission should be taken into consideration on appeal

Whether proof beyond reasonable doubt is assessed at the stage of no case submission

Whether the court can decide if the evidence has proved that the accused person committed the offence he is charged with at the no case submission stage

Whether the court is precluded from determining whether the prosecution has made out a prima facie case against the defendant in the absence of a no case submission

Whether the court must give a reasoned decision on whether the accused person has a case to answer whether or not a formal submission is made

Whether the prosecution must be found to have prove the case against the accused person beyond reasonable doubt before the accused can be called upon to open his defence

Whether the standard that the prosecution must attain at the close of its case to warrant an accused person being called upon to make a defence is proof beyond reasonable doubt

Whether there are situations where the failure to discharge the evidential burden placed on the accused will defeat a no case submission

Whether there is a right of appeal against a decision overruling a submission of no case

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