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Condition for drawing a presumption under section 149(1) of the Evidence Act

Conditions for the application of the presumption in favour of documents made over 20 years ago

Distinction between conclusive and rebuttable presumptions

Distinction between presumptions of law and presumptions of fact

Distinction between rebuttable and irrebuttable presumptions

How presumptions are drawn

Meaning and effect of a presumption of law

Meaning and types of presumption

Meaning of presumptions

Nature of the presumption in section 137(1) of the Evidence Act

On what constitutes a presumption in law

On whom lies the burden of leading evidence to rebut a rebuttable presumption

On whom lies the burden of rebutting a presumption

Presumption in favour of documents twenty years old

Presumption in favour of facts recited in a written document

Presumption in favour of Power of Attorney executed outside Nigeria

Presumption in favour of proclamations, Acts of State and other official communications

Presumption of due execution in favour of powers of attorney

Presumption of facts from the existence of proved facts

Presumption of facts in a written document

Presumption of facts under section 149(a) of the Evidence Act

Presumption of genuineness of official documents

Presumption of Law where the prosecution fails to call a material witness

Presumption of law with respect to a child born within wedlock

Presumption of legitimacy

Presumption of legitimacy; how it can be rebutted

Presumption of marriage

Presumption of notice where evidence discloses that a party had prior knowledge of facts

Presumption of potency in marriage

Presumption of regularity in favour of public documents

Presumption of regularity in favour of the decision of a court

Presumption of regularity of a document executed before a magistrate

Presumption of regularity of government certificates

Presumption of regularity under section 24(2) of Decree No. 18 of 1994

Presumption of regularity where a legal practitioner informs the court that he has been briefed by the Attorney General to handle a matter for the state

Presumption of the authenticity of a document

Presumption of the correctness of a judgment and burden on a party disproving same

Presumption that a trial was conducted within the ambit of the law

Presumption that evidence not produced is unfavourable to the party who withholds it

Presumption that the law of a foreign country is the same as the law of Ghana

Presumption where a letter is sent by post

Presumption where a party fails to call vital witnesses

Presumption where a person who does not understand English signs a contract

Presumption where a witness speaks in a language other than the language of the court

Principles governing presumptions

The presumption of regularity

The presumption that attaches to a police report in respect of a motor related accident

The presumption that where a cheque in payment of the consideration was drawn on a Ghanaian bank, the payment of the consideration was effected in Ghana

The presumption when a party fails to call a material witness

The presumption where it is found that the plaintiffs' ancestor was the "original founder" of the land in dispute; how it can be rebutted

The rule that presumptions operate only in the absence of evidence

What a party intending to take advantage of a presumption subject to certain conditions must do

When the presumption in favour of recitals, statements, etc 20 years old and above will apply

When the principle of presumption of fact against a party who withholds a particular piece of evidence will apply

Whether registration of a vehicle with Motor Licensing Office creates a prima facie rebuttable presumption that the person who registered it is the owner

Whether the provisions of section 149(d) of the Evidence Act can be applied in a criminal case to shift the burden of proof from the prosecution

Whether there is any presumption against an accused person

Whether there is any presumption where an issue of forgery is raised in a civil case

Whether there is a presumption in favour of results declared by INEC

Whether there is a presumption that an attesting witness has any knowledge of the contents of a document the execution of which he attests

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