Principle

EVIDENCE LAW — Oral Evidence — Documentary Evidence Does Not Exclude Oral Evidence of Transaction

Area of law
EVIDENCE LAW
Court
Supreme Court

Reducing a transaction to writing does not automatically exclude oral evidence about that transaction. Section 132(1) excludes oral evidence only for specific documents: judgments, official proceedings, written agreements, and property dispositions. The principle applies to evidence law. The rule preserves oral testimony for ordinary commercial…

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