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Attitude of the appellate court in respect of evaluation of evidence by a trial court

1 case

Circumstances where an appellate court can evaluate evidence

4 cases

Circumstances where an appellate court can evaluate evidence and ascribe probative value to same

10 cases

Condition for the evaluation of evidence

1 case

Distinction between a judge not evaluating evidence and not giving probative value to the evidence

1 case

Distinction between evaluation of evidence in civil and criminal cases

2 cases

Distinction between investigation and evaluation of documentary evidence

1 case

Distinction between receipt of evidence and evaluation of evidence

2 cases

Distinction between summary of evidence and evaluation of evidence

2 cases

Distinction between the role of a trial court and that of an appellate court in the evaluation of evidence

1 case

Distinction in the approach to evaluation of evidence and findings of fact in a criminal and civil trial

1 case

Duty of a court when evaluating evidence

15 cases

Duty of a trial court to evaluate evidence led in proof of a case

8 cases

Duty of a trial judge to evaluate evidence and make specific findings of facts

5 cases

Duty of a trial judge when evaluating evidence

9 cases

Duty of court to consider the evidence before it and not to indulge in speculation

4 cases

Duty of court where it discovers later that some pieces of the evidence earlier admitted were on facts not pleaded

1 case

Duty of the trial court to consider the totality of the evidence before the court

1 case

Duty of the trial court to evaluate documentary evidence placed before it

1 case

Duty of the trial court to evaluate evidence; how it discharges the duty

3 cases

Duty of the trial court to not to embark on an investigation of the case when evaluating documentary evidence

1 case

Duty on an appellant who seeks the setting aside of a judgement on the basis of wrongful evaluation of evidence

1 case

Effect of failure by a court to properly evaluate evidence

7 cases

Effect of failure by a trial court to properly evaluate evidence

15 cases

Effect of failure of a tribunal to properly evaluate documentary evidence

1 case

Effect of failure of the Court of Appeal to properly evaluate evidence

1 case

Effect of failure to evaluate evidence

1 case

Factors an appellate court should take into consideration in determining if a trial court properly evaluated evidence presented before it

1 case

Factors that an appellant who complains of improper evaluation of evidence must show in order to succeed

1 case

Factors to be considered in the evaluation or assessment of probative value to be ascribed to a piece of evidence

1 case

Meaning of evaluation of evidence

6 cases

Need for a trial Judge to properly evaluate the evidence of a witness

1 case

On the duty on trial court in evaluating evidence against more than one accused persons

1 case

Order of evaluating evidence

1 case

Power of an Appellate Court to evaluate documentary evidence

8 cases

Presumption of the correctness of the evaluation of evidence and findings of fact of a trial court

3 cases

Principles guiding the evaluation of evidence

25 cases

Principles that are examined in considering a trial court's evaluation of evidence

1 case

Principles to be considered by the court in evaluating evidence

3 cases

Procedure for evaluation of evidence

14 cases

Proper steps to be taken by an appellate court where the lower court fails to properly evaluate evidence

1 case

Qualities which an evidence must meet in order to be upheld as a credible evidence capable of sustaining a criminal charge

2 cases

Sources from which the Court draw material evidence

1 case

Sources from which the Court draws material evidence

1 case

The correct method of evaluating evidence

1 case

The duty of the court to consider plaintiff and defence evidence before passing judgment

1 case

The factors which a trial court should look out for when evaluating the testimony of a witness

1 case

The guiding principle in evaluating evidence against a dead person

6 cases

The importance of proper evaluation of evidence

1 case

The most important aspect of the duty of the court in the evaluation of evidence

1 case

The position of the law where the evidence of the parties boils down to the oaths of one party and his witnesses against the oaths of the other party and his witnesses

1 case

The principle of evaluation of evidence

2 cases

The principle that in evaluating the evidence of a party at a trial, it is only his sworn evidence that can be used

1 case

The principle that it is not every defect or contradiction in the evidence of a party and or his witness(s) that automatically mars that party’s case.

1 case

The principle that where a court has rejected a piece of evidence as incredible, it has no evidential value

2 cases

The rule in Mogaji v. Odofin

2 cases

The rule that a trial Judge must be slow to draw probabilities from evidence, especially where the accused is charged with a capital offence

1 case

The rule that every piece of evidence duly admitted in the course of proceedings must be tested for credibility, weight or cogency by the trial court

1 case

The rule that the trial court has a bounden duty to evaluate the evidence led by both sides to the dispute

1 case

What amounts to adequate consideration of evidence

3 cases

What amounts to credible evidence

4 cases

What a proper evaluation of evidence involves

9 cases

What evaluation of evidence entails

47 cases

What evaluation of evidence entails in criminal trials

2 cases

What the court must consider when evaluating evidence

2 cases

When a piece of evidence is conclusive

1 case

When a trial court will be said to have improperly evaluated evidence

1 case

Whether a court can evaluate evidence based on exhibits not before it

1 case

Whether a court has a duty to consider all admitted evidence

1 case

Whether a Judge is precluded from evaluating an admitted document in order to ascertain its evidential value and weight

1 case

Whether a Judge is required to cite any law in every case, particularly where it turns essentially on facts

1 case

Whether a mere recital of evidence is the same as evaluation of evidence

1 case

Whether an appellate court can evaluate documentary evidence

10 cases

Whether an appellate court can evaluate evidence

29 cases

Whether an appellate court can re-evaluate affidavit and documentary evidence

1 case

Whether an appellate court is required to evaluate the entire evidence on record and correct any error committed by the court below in the evaluation of the evidence before it

1 case

Whether an impression as to the credibility of a party’s case can be adopted by a trial court without testing it against the whole of the evidence of the witnesses called by the party

1 case

Whether a party who has acquiesced to not giving oral evidence or cross-examining witnesses can complain that the documents tendered were not properly evaluated

1 case

Whether a restatement or summary of evidence can take the place of evaluation of evidence

6 cases

Whether a trial court can accept part of the evidence of a witness and reject the other part

1 case

Whether a trial court can begin with the evaluation of evidence of the defendant

2 cases

Whether a trial court can pick and choose the evidence to be assessed

1 case

Whether a trial court has a duty to evaluate evidence where only one party led evidence

1 case

Whether documents are to be tested in open court before a tribunal can evaluate them

1 case

Whether issues of evaluation of evidence are issues of customary law

1 case

Whether it is enough for a judge to say "I believe" or "I do not believe a witness" without stating reasons

7 cases

Whether it is necessarily the credibility of one or two witnesses that may determine the case

1 case

Whether it is proper for a trial judge to evaluate the facts contained in the pleadings and depositions of a party together with the evidence of the opposing party

1 case

Whether it is sufficient for a court to say 'I believe' when evaluating evidence

5 cases

Whether it is the duty of an appellate court to re-evaluate the evidence of witnesses

2 cases

Whether sentiment or sympathy override the rules of evidence

1 case

Whether strictness in evaluating evidence is required where parties are a man and wife or are in an amorous relationship

1 case

Whether the belief or disbelief of evidence of parties depends upon the number of witnesses who gave evidence in the court

1 case

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

1 case

Whether the court can scrounge for evidence that was not tested in open court

1 case

Whether the courts can act on instinct

1 case

Whether the court should pronounce on every document tendered before it even where such document has no probative value

1 case

Whether the court while evaluating evidence can draw inferences and make conclusions therefrom; whether such inferences and conclusions amount to setting up a different case for the party

1 case

Whether the duty of an appellate court to evaluate evidence when necessary extends to assessment of credibility of witnesses

1 case

Whether the evaluation of evidence in a criminal trial is based on the quantity of witnesses

2 cases

Whether the evaluation of evidence is an exercise of the court's discretion

1 case

Whether the evaluation of evidence is the exclusive preserve of the trial court

7 cases

Whether the order in which a trial judge considers the evidence is a matter of style

2 cases

Whether there can be a finding of fact where there is no evaluation of evidence

1 case

Whether there can be proper evaluation of evidence where some of the relevant evidence in the case was not considered in arriving at the judgment

1 case

Whether there is a fixed mode of evaluating evidence

3 cases

Whether there is a particular procedure to be followed in assessing evidence

1 case

Whether the relationship between witnesses and parties is examined by the court is evaluated by the court

1 case

Whether the Supreme Court can evaluate documentary evidence

1 case

Whether the trial court can rely on evidence not challenged or contradicted or rendered inadmissible by any law

1 case

Whether the trial court is obliged to accord probative value to every piece of evidence

3 cases

Whether the trial court is to first consider evidence led by the plaintiff before considering that led by the defence

1 case

Whether trial judge can use such expressions as "I believe or disbelieve" or "I am satisfied" without the benefit of a proper evaluation

1 case

Whose duty is it to evaluate evidence in a court-martial?

1 case

Whose duty it is to evaluate evidence

9 cases

Whose duty it is to evaluate evidence and ascribe probative value to same

1 subsidiary principles

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