Evidence (2047)
HELD:
"Who then is an expert?
HELD:
"Therefore, the question is when is an expert opinion necessary?
HELD:
"Sections 131, 132 and 133 of the Evidence Act 2011 provide that whoever desires any Court to give judgment as to any legal right or liability dependent on the existence of facts which he asserts, must prove that those facts exist.
HELD:
"In the instant case, the burden of proof was on the cross-appellant to prove by cogent and credible evidence that all the required approvals and permission for the erection of mast were applied for and obtained.
HELD:
"In law, a piece of evidence is said to contradict another when it asserts or affirms the contrary or the opposite of the other.
HELD:
"Proof beyond reasonable doubt simply means that when the essential ingredients of the offence charged have been satisfactorily proved, the charged would be said to have been proved beyond reasonable doubt.
HELD:
"Now, the law which is settled is that, in a criminal proceeding, the prosecution who alleged that the accused has committed an offence, has the onus to prove same by credible evidence, beyond reasonable doubt.
