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Circumstances that may prevent the resolving of a case against a defendant
Duty of a party to prove his case by calling the best evidence available
Effect of failure of a party to give evidence in his case as disclosed in his pleadings or to challenge the evidence of his adversary
Need for the proof of a criminal case to be consistent with active participation of the accused person in the commission of the crime and circumstantial evidence
Proper order to be made where the plaintiff fails to prove his case
The nature of evidence that can prove a case
The principle that a case is decided on the totality of evidence led by the parties
The principle that a defendant who desires the determination to be made in his favour has the duty to help his own cause by adducing before the court such facts or evidence that will induce the determination to be made in his favour
The principle that a litigant who is a Defendant in a civil case does not need to prove anything
The principle that a plaintiff must succeed on the strength of his own case and not on the weakness of the defendant's case
The principle that where a plaintiff has made out a prima facie case, the defendant must make his defence to that case
The rule that where a party is supported by his adversary on a material issue, that fact may be sufficient to tilt the scales in his favour
What a plaintiff who relies on an admission in the defence for the proof of a substantial part of his case must prove
When a defendant would be entitled to judgment without tendering evidence
Whether a claimant or a counter-claimant is allowed to rely on the weakness of the opposite party in order to succeed
Whether a party can establish his case by evidence elicited under cross-examination
Whether a party can prove his claim by indulging in speculative evidence
Whether a party can rely on the weakness of the case of the opposite party in order to succeed
Whether a party can take advantage of the evidence of his opponent which supports his case
Whether a party is bound to testify himself
Whether a party must prove his case with absolute certainty
Whether a party needs to call every available piece of evidence/witness to prove his case
Whether a party needs to call evidence by himself if the issue to be resolved is of such a nature that expert evidence is the best evidence that is required to assist the tribunal of fact to prove it
Whether a person can by his acts prove anything in his favour
Whether a plaintiff can take advantage of the defendant's evidence which supports his case
Whether a plaintiff must call evidence by himself
Whether consequences attach for failure of a party to testify in a civil case
Whether judgment will be entered for the defendant simply because the plaintiff failed to prove his case
Whether proof of cases must be by mathematical exactitude
Whether suspicion can substitute for legal evidence
Whether the court must consider the proof of the case by the plaintiff in a Chieftaincy matter before considering the case of the Defendant
Whether the defendant in a land case can rely on an admission made prior to or at the trial in order to succeed in a land case
Whether the defendant is required to call evidence in support of his case
Whether the plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the defendant's case to succeed
Whether the respondent can rely on the evidence adduced by the appellant
Whether the rule that a plaintiff must succeed on the strength of his own case and not on the weakness of the defendant's case applies where the defendant's case supports that of the plaintiff
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