Corporation Law

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CORPORATION LAW
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TUTORIAL QUESTIONS:
1.
The court recorders are regarded as the ‘silent guardian’ of the record as they perform a
very crucial role in every case in the court. During the appeal process, cases usually come from
trials and they are subjected to review so that there lies no error. The transcripts created by the
court reporters are used to carry forward those reviews as they besides identifying each person
who had spoken during the trial proceedings but also contain a verbatim record of the words
spoken by them. Without the court reporters, it is practically impossible to control and maintain
record of proceedings of any trial in the court (Edmond and Roberts 2017).
2.
Some people are generally not included from the jury duty; they are as follows:
 politicians,
 the doctors, veterinarians, coroners,
 the law enforcement officers and their spouses,
 the judges, lawyers, justices and law students,
 visually impaired people,
 people having mental or physical disabilities,
 people convicted of indictable offence, to whom pardon was not granted,
 people who had been part of jury within last 2 to 3 years.
3.
The credibility of the witnesses is usually decided by the jury. It means the truthfulness of
the witness. Under the law of evidence, a credible witness is a person who is giving testimony in

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the court or in any other tribunal or acting as a witness whose credibility cannot be impeached.
Some general factors that determine the credibility of the testimony provided by the witnesses
must include that the witness is having personal knowledge of the facts stated by him, he was
actually present at the crime scene, and he had paid attention and observed the scene and
accordingly he stated what he had seen. The probative value of the witness is not an essential
element in the criminal case however it is important in civil cases.
4.
Similar fact means that the accused had committed similar kinds of offences in the past
and is used to prove a pattern of behavior known as the similar fact rule. For example, A walks
for 1 hour in the park daily in the morning. The fact that he may be present during the act of
assault that occurred in the park in the morning can be deduced from the similar fact.
Hearsay opinion means the facts stated by a party who has not himself heard, seen or
perceiving the occurrence of such facts (Schuller 2015). For example, A had seen B stabbing D.
A has said this to C who was not present actually in the crime scene. Evidence given by C in the
court that B stabbed D is a hearsay opinion.
The evidence on the basis of observation of an expert who may be needed to be paid for
giving testimony in the court is called the expert opinion. For example, report of autopsy
prepared by a forensic expert indicating the cause and time of death of the victim.
Character means information regarding the kind of person an accused is, for example his
behavior, attitude and other external factors constitute his character. Good Character can be used
to indicate the unlikely hood to commit the crime. Past good character can be used as a valid
evidence.
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