Evidence in Law

Evidence in Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERNCES...................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
The Evidence Act, 1995 provides a comprehensive law of evidence applicable in the federal
courts and also in the courts of Australian Capital Territory. The New South Wales uniformly
enacted the similar legislation. The law of evidence sets out the prescribed standards in civil and
criminal courts in respect of facts to be proved in the proceedings beyond the reasonable doubt.
Further it governs the information which need to be presented before court in order to determine
an issue. The law helps the court in admitting the presented information in the proceedings and
it also examines the quality of evidence (Mowbray, 2019). Mostly commonly, the statute under
which tribunal is formulates does not require to adhere by the rules of evidence. The provision
does not mean that such rules are not relevant in the proceedings of tribunal. The essay
examines the issues in respect of evidence law involved in the case study.
MAIN BODY
The drug associated issues les to drug offences have rapidly increased causing
troubleshoot in the society. It is not only affecting society but creating adverse impact on
families, workplace, criminal offending and other spheres of the society. Anecdotally, in 1985
The Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act was assented and further the amendments was made which
gave police more powers and increase penalties. The drug offences is bifurcated into two
categories as Summary Offences, which includes the possession of prohibited drug substance,
possession of implements, distribution and administration of drugs to self and others, forging
prescription and others while Indictable Offences includes cultivation, supplying, enhancing,
manufacturing the prohibited drug and related substances and other abetting offences. The act
also includes the offences relating to prohibited activities of drug in the premises used for
unlawful means. The possession, supply, trafficking, importation, exportation, cultivation and
manufacturing of drugs are prohibited in all the states and territories of Australia and such
actions are considered as against the Commonwealth Law (Keeffe and Ghosh, 2017). The two
most common drug offences are the possession (physical existence of prohibited drug at place of
residence or in motor vehicle) also includes joint possession and supply or trafficking (which
means dealing of drugs in the society)
The issue of evidence law which arises in this question whether Jareth's marijuana
conviction be admitted as evidence against him and would it make a difference if Jareth chose to