70109 - Evidence Notes - Distinction

Description

These extensive notes include information taken from lectures, tutorials, textbooks, authoritative cases, prescribed readings and further online research compiled into an easily read and colour coded format. I consistently achieved D and HD's throughout the semester with these notes. These notes can aid you to easily achieve your desired mark - with 64 thoroughly compiled pages, no topic is ignored. The following topics are addressed: - Truth, proof, presumptions & evidence - Types of evidence: documentary and real evidence - Witness competence and compellability - Witness examination - Calling witnesses - Right to silence - Relevance - Hearsay evidence - Credibility - Evidence for non-hearsay purpose and admissions - Opinion evidence - Tendency and Coincidence - Discretionary rules, warnings and directions