Principle

EQUITY AND TRUSTS — Presumption of Advancement — Rebuttal — Admissibility of Subsequent Acts and Declarations

Area of law
EQUITY AND TRUSTS
Court
Supreme Court

Contemporaneous acts and declarations (before or immediately after transaction) are admissible for or against the party. Subsequent declarations are only admissible against the declarant, not in their favour. The principle applies to evidence law and equity. The rule prevents self-serving subsequent statements from rebutting presumptions.…

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