In this episode, Keyukemi Ubi and Taiwo Ogunleye, a practising lawyer, discuss Trial Preparation and Evidence under the Criminal Litigation course of the Nigerian Law School. The discussion covers the following themes:
- burden of proof (legal burden of proof, evidential burden of proof, and standard of proof)
- competence and compellability of witnesses
- rules governing child witnesses and unsworn testimony
- accused as a witness and co-accused
- persons of unsound mind as witnesses
- dumb witnesses
- married persons as witnesses against each other
- compellability of the President, Governors, diplomatic corps and judicial officers
- lawyers as witnesses ,
- admissibility of documentary evidence
- types of documents ,
To listen to this topic in civil litigation, listen to EP#33 - Trial Preparation and Evidence II
