LAWS5013 - Evidence

Description

Concise summary prepared for the final exam, includes all topics studied throughout semester and all cases in the unit outline. Topics: - Proof (parts 1 & 2): burden of proof; standard of proof; prima facie case; judicial notice; inferences from absence of evidence; warnings: potentially unreliable evidence - Adducing evidence: calling a witness; competence and compellability; sworn and unsworn evidence - Witnesses: examination of witnesses; cross-examination of witnesses; vulnerability witnesses; re-examination; re-opening a caise - Real evidence - Documents - Admissibility of evidence: relevance; discretionary exclusion and limits on use; hearsay; admissions; credibility; opinion; character of the accused; tendency and coincidence evidence