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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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