Circumstantial Evidence in UK Law

  • McGreevy v DPP
    • House of Lords
    • 01 Febrero 1973
    ... ... give them guidance "as to how they should view and aproach circumstantial evidence". It was further contended that in all the circumstances of the ... ...
  • Chase v News Group Newspapers Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 Diciembre 2002
    ... ... 's application was made under CPR Part 24 (which permits evidence to be filed in support of an assertion that parts of a defence have no ... A defendant may, for example, rely on strong circumstantial evidence implicating the claimant which might amount, objectively ... ...
  • R v Kilbourne
    • House of Lords
    • 31 Enero 1973
    ... ... All the boys gave evidence and were sworn. The first 3 convictions still in question related to dates ... 78 Circumstantial evidence is evidence of facts from which, taken with all the other ... ...
  • Myers v DPP
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Junio 1964
    ... ... 3 But a great deal of evidence of various kinds was adduced against the Appellant in a trial which lasted ... it amounts to treating the record in much the same way as circumstantial evidence, i.e. evidence from which some other fact may be inferred. There ... ...
  • Jsc Bta Bank (Respondent / Claimant) v Mukhtar Ablyazov
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 06 Noviembre 2012
    ... ... judgment of his, [2010] EWHC 1779 (Comm) , that Mr Ablyazov's evidence suggests that "Kazakhstan has much in common with Ancient Rome" ... The judge considered that the circumstantial evidence that Mr Ablyazov was the beneficial owner of this flat was less ... ...
  • Red 12 Trading Ltd v HM Revenue and Customs
    • Chancery Division
    • 20 Octubre 2009
    ... ... The tribunal accepted that this was evidence of two things: (a) that the goods had been imported from the EU; ... ; and, if not (b) whether there was evidence, including circumstantial and “similar fact” evidence, which the tribunal accepted, sufficient ... ...
  • Gibbs, Commissioner of Police v Attorney-General et Al
    • Privy Council
    • 29 Enero 1998
    ... ... rebuttable presumption of regularity in his consideration of evidence — Burden on plaintiff to prove that search warrant was obtained without ... answer to allegation — Burden may be discharged by circumstantial" evidence if no defence evidence. Tort - Malicious abuse of process \xE2\x80" ... ...
  • O'Brien v Chief Constable of South Wales Police
    • House of Lords
    • 28 Abril 2005
    ... ... number of reported cases on the topic makes clear, similar fact evidence has proved a contentious and uncertain area of the law, particularly in ... prejudicial." A parallel may be seen with circumstantial evidence, which Pollock CB in R v Exall (1866) 4 F & F 922 at 929 ... ...
  • Medcalf v Mardell (Wasted Costs Order)
    • House of Lords
    • 27 Junio 2002
    ... ... At this trial the judge preferred the evidence of Mr Medcalf to that of Mr Mardell and Mr Kemp. He found that there had ... Often the decision will depend on circumstantial evidence. It may sometimes be finely balanced. What the decision should be ... ...
  • Jagdeo Singh v State of Trinidad and Tobago
    • Privy Council
    • 03 Agosto 2005
    ... ... The magistrate said that there was no problem. According to her evidence, it was not unusual for a magistrate to accommodate attorneys when their ... on the uncorroborated evidence of one witness with a little circumstantial evidence in support, and the jury had had difficulty in reaching a ... ...
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