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• EVIDENCE - Confessional Statement - Conditions to be satisfied before a confession can be used in convicting an accused person

  "When confession is truly made and voluntary it is enough to found a conviction. In Kanu v. The King (1952) 14 WACA 30 the court observed as follows: Corroboration by…

• EVIDENCE - CONTRADICTION IN EVIDENCE - Conditions to be satisfied before conflict or contradiction in the evidence of prosecution witness can be said to be fatal to its case

  "...It has to be reiterated that for inconsistencies in the evidence of witnesses to be fatal, the same must go to the core of the issue and the inconsistencies stated…

• EVIDENCE - CONTRADICTION IN EVIDENCE - Conditions to be satisfied before conflict or contradiction in the evidence of prosecution witness can be said to be fatal to its case

  "The position of the law is very clear and variously held by this Court that for contradictions in the evidence of witnesses for the prosecution to affect conviction, they must…

• TORT: Libel – When an Apology is required – Whether a Rejoinder can be deemed to be an apology - Need to treat a Rejoinder as an Admission of Falsity

  "The so-called 'Rejoinder' of the 14th January, 1959, is in fact an apology: it is a regretful acknowledgement of imputations having been made... That was an apology in the current…

• APPEAL – OMNIBUS GROUND OF APPEAL – Whether an omnibus ground can be used to raise an issue of law

  “The Respondent is right that an omnibus ground of appeal is not against a specific finding of fact or any document, and cannot be used to raise any issue of…