PrincipleEVIDENCE LAW — Affidavit Evidence — Self-Contradictions — Onus on Deponent to Explain
- Area of law
- EVIDENCE LAW
- Court
- Supreme Court
A party whose affidavits contain self-contradictions bears the burden of explaining them satisfactorily. The court is not obliged to arrange oral evidence to resolve internal inconsistencies—the party must address them. Approbation and reprobation (blowing hot and cold) is disfavoured. Failure to explain contradictions leaves an…
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