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Law of Evidence

The course outline for the Law School's Law of Evidence course: relevance and admissibility, witnesses, proof, hearsay and confessions.

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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

  1. 1Preliminaries of evidence

  2. 2Issues of evidence and procedure

  3. 3Relevance and admissibility, and how relevance fits in with admissibility

    On Lanbuk:Relevance and admissibility
  4. 4Competence and compellability

    On Lanbuk:Competence and compellability
  5. 5Burden and standard of proof

    On Lanbuk:Burden and standard of proof
  6. 6Hearsay evidence rules

  7. 7The distinguishing features between evidence and procedure, and how they interrelate with each other

    On Lanbuk:Criminal Procedure Act, 2024
  8. AlsoThe rules of evidence and confessions

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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

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