
Law of Evidence
The course outline for the Law School's Law of Evidence course: relevance and admissibility, witnesses, proof, hearsay and confessions.
Posted By lanbuk.com
Lecturer: J. Fisher
Transcribed from handwritten class notes. Spelling is tidied, but the topics and their order are as given in class. Links point to the Acts and Lanbuk notes that cover a topic; they are study aids, not part of the course. Check with your lecturer for the current outline.
Course outline
1Preliminaries of evidence
2Issues of evidence and procedure
3Relevance and admissibility, and how relevance fits in with admissibility
On Lanbuk:Relevance and admissibility4Competence and compellability
On Lanbuk:Competence and compellability5Burden and standard of proof
On Lanbuk:Burden and standard of proof6Hearsay evidence rules
7The distinguishing features between evidence and procedure, and how they interrelate with each other
On Lanbuk:Criminal Procedure Act, 2024AlsoThe rules of evidence and confessions
Read on Lanbuk
- Lanbuk on the Law of Evidence (LLB notes)
- Criminal Procedure Act, 2024
- Criminal Procedure and Evidence Rules, 1998
Past papers
- Law of Evidence Part A, Bar Final 2025/2026
- Law of Evidence Part B, Bar Final 2025/2026
- Law of Evidence (Part A) Test, February 2026
Cite this page
Lanbuk. (2026, November 8). Law of Evidence: Law School course outline. Retrieved November 10, 2026, from https://www.lanbuk.com/law-school/law-of-evidence
