"To succeed in establishing bias, the party complaining must show: (i) that the personal relation is a party to the action; (ii) that the personal relation must have interest in...
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"In land matters, as in other civil matters, proof is on the balance of probabilities. It is the law that once plaintiff in a civil matter shows a prima facie...
"The failure to produce the murder weapon during the trial is, in my view, inconsequential. It is the intentional murderous assault on a vital part of the body which leads...
"It is also settled that a party who intends to prove charges of fraud or charges of criminal malversation or felony must do so beyond reasonable doubt. And that before...
"When an allegation of forgery of a document, or, for that matter, of a criminal act is made in a civil proceeding, evidence that would discharge the burden of proof...
"Proof beyond reasonable doubt does not mean proof beyond the shadow of doubt."
"I formed my opinion based on the information given to me by my nurse, relations of the patient as well as my observations and also by my interpretation for the...
"Where the prosecution adduces credible evidence that the accused and the deceased were the sole occupants of a locked or secured room at the material time, and the deceased is...
"For the prosecution to succeed, it must of necessity establish the identity of the accused and by credible evidence, prove its case beyond reasonable doubt."
"In law, to establish defense of provocation, there must be three constituent elements, to wit 1. the act that obviously was provocative, and 2. the provocative act must be such...
"It can be seen from the forgoing that the issues raised in the appeal concern mainly the evaluation of the totality of the evidence before the learned trial Judge. It...
"Where, therefore, the commission of a crime is alleged in any proceedings, civil or criminal, it must be proved beyond reasonable doubt and the onus of such proof rests on...