Subject Matter Index

Admissibility of computer-generated bank statement of account

2 cases

Admissibility of computer generated evidence

2 cases

Admissibility of newspapers

1 subsidiary principles

Admissibility of relevant evidence

4 subsidiary principles

Basis for admissibility of evidence

6 cases

Circumstances where document admitted by the other party would still be required to be tendered in evidence

1 case

Circumstances where documentary evidence will be admissible in the absence of its maker

2 cases

Classes of evidence not pleaded and their effect

1 case

Condition for the admissibility of a survey plan under the Survey Law of Oyo State 2000

1 case

Conditions a document must satisfy before it can be tendered and admitted as exhibit

1 case

Conditions for the admissibility of a tape recording

1 case

Condition to be satisfied for the evidence led by a party at a trial to be of value to him

1 case

Distinction between admissibility and weight to be attached to evidence

18 cases

Distinction between evidence inadmissible per se and evidence admissible under certain conditions

1 case

Duty of a party in a trial when evidence is being offered against him

1 case

Duty of a trial court where a document tendered in evidence is sought to be withdrawn upon being opposed or objected to.

1 case

Effect of evidence admitted with the consent of the other party or without objection

3 cases

Effect of evidence given by an agent or official of a company

1 case

Effect of evidence which passes the test of admissibility

1 case

Effect of failure to object to the admissibility of evidence when it is tendered

10 cases

Effect of provisionally admitting evidence

1 case

Effect of relevant evidence which is neither discredited nor demolished

1 case

How the court should treat the testimony of interested persons

1 case

Nature of evidence that can be relied on by a court to make its findings

1 case

Need for a party to explain the purport of a document that is tendered in evidence

2 cases

Need for a party to put as much of his case as possible to his opponent while the opponent or his witness is in the witness-box and has the opportunity to contradict the same; effect of failure to do so

1 case

Position of the law on evidence involving a deceased person

8 cases

Position of the law on giving of evidence of the terms of a contract which have been reduced into writing

1 case

Position of the law on the admissibility of a statement in a recital

1 case

Position of the law regarding evidence adduced in a charge against a dead person

8 cases

Position of the law where a party fails to produce material evidence in support of his case

1 case

Position of the law where evidence has been received at the trial without objection or by consent of the parties

1 case

Position of the law where one party’s evidence amounts to a departure from his pleadings and the evidence of the other party is consistent with the pleadings

3 cases

Position of the law where the evidence in proof of the case of the party is inconsistent with the party’s own case

1 case

Principles governing the admissibility of evidence

3 cases

Principles governing to the admissibility of a document relating to a land transaction as a receipt

1 case

The nature of evidence upon which the court can act

1 case

The need for independent evidence where there is only one oath against another

1 case

The position of the law on the admissibility of evidence by a person employed in the public service who is not present at the hearing

1 case

The position of the law on the only admissible evidence of court proceedings

1 case

The position of the law on the type of conclusions the court is capable of drawing from a previous judgment when one of the parties and predecessors were not parties in the previous suit

1 case

The principle that a certified true copy of a document is admissible without proof

3 cases

The principle that admissibility is based on relevance

23 cases

The principle that courts should not shut out a party who seeks to tender some materials he considers vital to his case at the preliminary stage

1 case

The principle that the court can only act on and ascribe probative value to legally admissible credible evidence

1 case

The principle that the court must accept the evidence of a party on an issue which is corroborated by the evidence of his adversary’s witness and to reject the evidence of the party’s adversary which is even uncorroborated by his own witness

2 cases

The principle that the court must accept the evidence of a party on an issue which is corroborated by the evidence of his adversary’s witness and to reject the evidence of the party’s adversary which is even uncorroborated by his own witness

6 cases

The rule of evidence where good faith or intent of a party is a material fact

1 case

The rule that admissibility is governed by the purpose for which the evidence is sought to be admitted

1 case

The rule that the only evidence of the contents of a judgment of a Court of law or any other judicial or official proceedings admissible in evidence is the judgment itself

1 case

The rule that where a court admits a piece of evidence, the whole of the evidence must be used

1 case

The test of admissibility of evidence

3 cases

Time to raise objection to admission of evidence; time for the court to rule on the objection

1 case

Time to raise objection to the admissibility of evidence

1 case

What a prayer to the court to exercise its discretion to exclude evidence entails

1 case

Whather a tape is admissible in evidence

1 case

Whether a bare statement from the Bar by a counsel has any force of legal evidence

2 cases

Whether a copy of a certificate of incorporation certified by the High Court is admissible in evidence

1 case

Whether a court is required to set down a date for establishing the authenticity or otherwise of evidence

1 case

Whether a deed of exchange lacking the concurrence of the local council is inadmissible in evidence

1 case

Whether admissibility of evidence and the weight to be attached are the same thing

19 cases

Whether a document may be admissible for one purpose and be inadmissible for another purpose

1 case

Whether a draft white paper is admissible in evidence

1 case

Whether a guilty plea in a criminal case is admissible in a civil case

2 cases

Whether a Judge can either completely reject admitted evidence or disregard such evidence admitted at the stage of writing judgment

1 case

Whether a judge can reject evidence in respect of an unpleaded fact which was not objected to

1 case

Whether a Judge can reject evidence not objected to at the time it was tendered

1 case

Whether a judge in a criminal trial has a discretion to exclude legally admissible evidence

1 case

Whether a judgment in a previous land suit is admissible as evidence in a subsequent suit

1 case

Whether a letter written by a surveyor with the attached composite plan can be admitted as evidence

1 case

Whether a mere assertion on oath by a party to a suit that he relies on a statement he has previously filed constitutes evidence

1 case

Whether an appellate court can reject evidence which ought to have been rejected at the trial court

1 case

Whether an attachment to an affidavit forms part of the evidence at the trial

1 case

Whether a newspaper report is admissible as evidence of the facts recorded in it

1 case

Whether an objection can be taken on appeal to the admissibility of evidence which is not inadmissible per se

2 cases

Whether an objection to the admissibility of evidence can be made on appeal

3 cases

Whether antecedent evidence of insanity is admissible

1 case

Whether an uncertified copy of a judgment is admissible

3 cases

Whether an unregistered document is admissible in evidence

1 case

Whether an unstamped instrument is admissible in evidence

8 cases

Whether any statement or conduct that proves or disproves the truthfulness of a witness is admissible

1 case

Whether a party can raise the issue of the inadmissibility of admissible evidence which he failed to object to at the trial

3 cases

Whether a party can rely on evidence elicited under cross-examination

1 case

Whether a party is deemed to have admitted the opponent's evidence contrary to his case where he did not controvert the evidence

1 case

Whether a party is precluded from complaining on appeal about the inadmissibility of evidence which was not strictly admissible

1 case

Whether a piece of evidence admissible under the Evidence Act can be rendered inadmissible in evidence under a state law

1 case

Whether a police accident report not object to is admissible in evidence

1 case

Whether a site plan not signed by the Director of Survey or his representative is admissible

1 case

Whether a statement from the bar constitutes legal evidence

1 case

Whether a statement made contemporaneously with the occurrence of an event into which the court is inquiring is admissible in evidence

1 case

Whether a survey plan not countersigned by a Surveyor-General is inadmissible

2 cases

Whether a trial Judge can admit evidence which he had previously rejected

1 case

Whether criminal proceedings are relevant and admissible in a civil proceeding

1 case

Whether evidence admissible in the opinion of an assessor to native chiefs makes it relevant

1 case

Whether evidence against an accused person in one case can be adopted in another

1 case

Whether evidence based on a fact not pleaded and admitted without objection may be relied on by the court

6 cases

Whether evidence can be given of a judicial proceeding which has been reduced to the form of a document

1 case

Whether evidence elicited under cross-examination is admissible

3 cases

Whether evidence given by a person representing a party to a suit in the first person in the name of the party whom he represents, as if it were the party himself giving evidence, is admissible

2 cases

Whether evidence given in a charge of intentionally causing unlawful harm is admissible in a charge of murder

1 case

Whether evidence given in a previous case by witnesses who are unable to give evidence afresh when the case is transferred is admissible

2 cases

Whether evidence let in without objection can be considered by the court

1 case

Whether evidence must be led on matters that are not in dispute in a suit

1 case

Whether evidence obtained in breach of a fundamental right is admissible

2 cases

Whether evidence obtained in cross-examination in respect of facts that have not been pleaded is admissible

4 cases

Whether evidence obtained under cross examination but on facts not pleaded are admissible

1 case

Whether evidence of recording of telephone conversations is admissible

1 case

Whether evidence of the complaint and its particulars are admissible in cases relating to sexual offences

1 case

Whether evidence on a genealogical table which has not been pleaded with particularity will be admitted

1 case

Whether evidence on attempts by parties to settle a matter is admissible

1 case

Whether evidence on unpleaded facts not objected to at the time it was offered is admissible

3 cases

Whether evidence taken at an inquiry is admissible

1 case

Whether evidence which is inadmissible only because the facts relied on have not been pleaded should be excluded by the judge

1 case

Whether extracts of banker's books and statements of declarants are admissible

1 case

Whether extrinsic evidence is admissible when identifying a piece of land

1 case

Whether failure to object to the admissibility of an inadmissible evidence will prevent its inadmissibility from being raised and determined on appeal

6 cases

Whether failure to plead a particular facts renders evidence in respect of that fact not relevant and, consequently, not admissible

1 case

Whether illegality renders evidence inadmissible in an election petition

1 case

Whether immaterial evidence should be tendered in court

1 case

Whether invoices are evidence of payments

1 case

Whether irrelevant evidence is inadmissible per se

1 case

Whether it is necessary to prove what the law is by producing evidence thereof

1 case

Whether or not an appellate court may exclude or expunge an inadmissible evidence per se which was admitted and used by a trial court.

Whether or not the admission of inadmissible evidence per se would render a judgment void

2 cases

Whether the admissibility of a document that is legally admissible can be objected to on appeal

1 case

Whether the admissibility or inadmissibility of evidence is exclusively governed by the Evidence Act

1 case

Whether the admission or rejection of a document means that substantial miscarriage of justice has occurred

1 case

Whether the appeal court must reject evidence improperly received in the lower court, even when no objection was raised

1 case

Whether the court can accept part of the evidence of the prosecution and reject the rest

1 case

Whether the court can act on the evidence of persons who testified as plaintiffs but were found to have been wrongly joined to the action

1 case

Whether the court can expunge a wrongly admitted document at the judgment stage

3 cases

Whether the court can pick and choose which portion of the evidence of a witness to believe

2 cases

Whether the court can rely on evidence of counsel

1 case

Whether the court can reopen the issue of admissibility of a piece of evidence not objected to by the opposing party

1 case

Whether the court can use evidence admitted without objection

1 case

Whether the court must accept the certified true copy of a judgment tendered on the day of the judgment

1 case

Whether the court must accept the evidence of a party's witness which supports the other party on an issue, while that party’s version stands unsupported by his own witness

1 case

Whether the court should exclude relevant evidence if it is prejudicial against an accused person

1 case

Whether the deposition of a witness taken at a Preliminary Enquiry and produced from the custody of the Registrar of the court before which the trial is held may properly be admitted in evidence without further proof

1 case

Whether the evidence of a plaintiff's attorney must be given in the third person to be admissible

1 case

Whether the record of proceedings in a criminal trial is admissible in civil matters

1 case

Whether the record of the judgment in which a person pleads guilty to a criminal charge and is convicted is admissible against him in a civil action

1 case

Whether the reports of proceedings of the National Assembly is admissible to rebut the inclusiveness of the certificate of the Clerk of the National Assembly

1 case

Whether the testimony of a fetish priest in proving witchcraft is admissible

1 case

Whether the trial judge is bound to consider evidence not inadmissible per se

1 case

Whether untested statements of witnesses in a Police case file care admissible

1 case