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Evidence Notes
Evidence Notes
LLBWA 213
WEEK ONE ➢ Introduction to Evidence Law I
WEEK TWO ➢ Facts declared to be relevant
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
ADMISSIONS
✓Statements made by a party to the proceedings, or by an agent of any such
party whom the court regards in the circumstances of a case as expressly or
impliedly authorised by him to make them, are admissions.
✓The statement must be made by a party with interest in the subject matter.
ADMISSIONS AND CONFESSIONS
ADMISSIONS CONT’D
❑Nature of admissions- Kasule v. Uganda (1992-93) HCB 38
❑Rationale for admissions- Slatterre v. Pooley 6 m and n 66.
❑To whom can admissions be made?-News Trustee VS Huntine
[1897] 1 Q B 611.
❑Conditional admissions- Madelia v. Blex (1905) RED 483.
❑Distinction between a confession and an admission- Gopa&
others v. R (1953) 20 EACA 318.
ADMISSIONS AND CONFESSIONS
CONFESSIONS
➢Read Sections 23-29
What is a confession?
▪a confession generally means the statement by an accused person
acknowledging guilt of an alleged crime. - Swami v. The Emperor
(1939)1 ALL ER 396.
▪A statement is not a confession unless it is sufficient in itself to justify
the conviction of the person for the offense he or she is being tried.