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Classes of evidence not pleaded and their effect
Condition to be satisfied for the evidence led by a party at a trial to be of value to him
Distinction between admissibility and weight to be attached to evidence
Duty of a party in a trial when evidence is being offered against him
Effect of failure to object to the admissibility of evidence when it is tendered
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
Position of the law on evidence involving a deceased person
Position of the law regarding evidence adduced in a charge against a dead person
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
Position of the law where the evidence in proof of the case of the party is inconsistent with the party’s own case
Principles governing the admissibility of evidence
The need for independent evidence where there is only one oath against another
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
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
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
The rule of evidence where good faith or intent of a party is a material fact
The test of admissibility of evidence
Time to raise objection to admission of evidence; time for the court to rule on the objection
Time to raise objection to the admissibility of evidence
What a prayer to the court to exercise its discretion to exclude evidence entails
Whether a deed of exchange lacking the concurrence of the local council is inadmissible in evidence
Whether a guilty plea in a criminal case is admissible in a civil case
Whether a judge can reject evidence in respect of an unpleaded fact which was not objected to
Whether a Judge can reject evidence not objected to at the time it was tendered
Whether a judge in a criminal trial has a discretion to exclude legally admissible evidence
Whether a judgment in a previous land suit is admissible as evidence in a subsequent suit
Whether a letter written by a surveyor with the attached composite plan can be admitted as evidence
Whether a mere assertion on oath by a party to a suit that he relies on a statement he has previously filed constitutes evidence
Whether an appellate court can reject evidence which ought to have been rejected at the trial court
Whether an attachment to an affidavit forms part of the evidence at the trial
Whether an objection to the admissibility of evidence can be made on appeal
Whether an uncertified copy of a judgment is admissible
Whether an unregistered document is admissible in evidence
Whether an unstamped instrument is admissible in evidence
Whether any statement or conduct that proves or disproves the truthfulness of a witness is admissible
Whether a party can raise the issue of the inadmissibility of admissible evidence which he failed to object to at the trial
Whether a party is deemed to have admitted the opponent's evidence contrary to his case where he did not controvert the evidence
Whether a police accident report not object to is admissible in evidence
Whether a site plan not signed by the Director of Survey or his representative is admissible
Whether a statement made contemporaneously with the occurrence of an event into which the court is inquiring is admissible in evidence
Whether evidence against an accused person in one case can be adopted in another
Whether evidence based on a fact not pleaded and admitted without objection may be relied on by the court
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
Whether evidence given in a charge of intentionally causing unlawful harm is admissible in a charge of murder
Whether evidence given in a previous case by witnesses who are unable to give evidence afresh when the case is transferred is admissible
Whether evidence let in without objection can be considered by the court
Whether evidence must be led on matters that are not in dispute in a suit
Whether evidence obtained in breach of a fundamental right is admissible
Whether evidence of recording of telephone conversations is admissible
Whether evidence of the complaint and its particulars are admissible in cases relating to sexual offences
Whether evidence on attempts by parties to settle a matter is admissible
Whether evidence on unpleaded facts not objected to at the time it was offered is admissible
Whether evidence which is inadmissible only because the facts relied on have not been pleaded should be excluded by the judge
Whether extracts of banker's books and statements of declarants are admissible
Whether failure to object to the admissibility of an inadmissible evidence will prevent its inadmissibility from being raised and determined on appeal
Whether invoices are evidence of payments
Whether irrelevant evidence is inadmissible per se
Whether it is necessary to prove what the law is by producing evidence thereof
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
Whether the admission or rejection of a document means that substantial miscarriage of justice has occurred
Whether the court can accept part of the evidence of the prosecution and reject the rest
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
Whether the court can expunge a wrongly admitted document at the judgment stage
Whether the court must accept the certified true copy of a judgment tendered on the day of the judgment
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
Whether the court should exclude relevant evidence if it is prejudicial against an accused person
Whether the evidence of a plaintiff's attorney must be given in the third person to be admissible
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
Whether the testimony of a fetish priest in proving witchcraft is admissible
Whether the trial judge is bound to consider evidence not inadmissible per se
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