Critical Appraisal On Opinion Evidence

Critical Appraisal On Opinion Evidence

Summary When courts are faced with the problem of determining a claim, they generally settle only after examining the pertinent facts of the evidence presented by the parties, drawing conclusions from those facts, and hearing arguments from the parties to the case or their attorneys. You can. Evidence is mentioned there as a means by which these facts can be proved.
Evidence of what a witness thinks, believes, or concludes about the facts in dispute, as distinct from personal knowledge of the facts themselves. Do not allow witnesses to testify to an opinion or conclusion when evidence is presented by an expert. Witnesses are brought in. They may only be used where scientific, technical or professional knowledge of the evidence helps comprehend the facts.

Opinion evidence refers to evidence that a witness thinks, believes, or speculates about a fact, as opposed to personal knowledge of the fact itself. In common law jurisdictions, the general rule is that a witness is supposed to testify as to what was observed and not to give an opinion on what was observed. However, there are two exceptions to this rule:
Expert Evidence and Non-expert Evidence opinion given by laymen which people in their daily lives reach without conscious rationalization.

Table of Content COVER PAGE
CERTIFICATION
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TABLE OF CASES
TABLE OF STATUTES
LIST OF ABBREVIATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.0.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1.0 DEFINITION OF EVIDENCE
1.1.1 CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE
1.2.0:
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.3.0 FOCUS OF STUDY
1.4.0. SCOPE OF STUDY
1.5.0. METHODOLOGY
1.6.0. LITERATURE REVIEW
1.7.0. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER TWO
INTRODUCTION OF OPINION EVIDENCE
2.0.0:
INTRODUCTION
2.1.0:
ADMISSIBILITY IF OPINION EVIDENCE
2.2.0:
EXAMINATION OF THE GENERAL RULE
2.2.1:
RATIONAL FOR EXCLUSIONARY RULE
2.2.2:
EXCEPTION OF THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE
2.3.0:
CONCLUSION

CHAPTER THREE
OPINION OF EXPERTS WITNESS
3.0.0:
INTRODUCTION
3.1.0. THE SCOPE FOR EXPERT WITNESS
3.2.0:
CREDENTIALS OF EXPERT WITNESS
3.3.0:
OPINION AS TO FOREIGN LAW
3.4.0:
OPINION AS TO NATIVE LAW AND CUSTOM
3.5.0:
OPINION AS TO SCIENCE AND ART
3.6.0:
OPINION AS TO HANDWRITING AND FINGER IMPRESSION
3.7.0CONCLUSION

CHAPTER FOUR
OPINION OF NON-EXPERTS WITNESS
4.0.0:
INTRODUCTION
4.1.0:
OPINION AS TO HANDWRITING
4.2.0:
OPINION AS TO GENERAL CUSTOM OR RIGHT
4.3.0:
OPINION AS TO USAGES AND TENETS
4.4.0:
OPINION AS TO RELATIONSHIP
4.5.0:
OTHER INSTANCES WHERE OPINION OF NON EXPERTS ARE ADMISSIBLE
4.6.0:
OPINION AS TO SPEED
4.6.1:
OPINION AS TO AGE
4.6.2:
OPINION AS TO IDENTITY
4.6.3:
OPINION AS TO MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
4.6.4:
OPINION AS TO INTOXICATION
4.7.0:
CONCLUSION

CHAPTER FIVE
GENERAL CONCLUSION
5.1.0:
RECOMMENDATION
5.2.0:
CONCLUSION
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