EXPERT EVIDENCE UNDER NIGERIAN LAW OF EVIDENCE By Philip O Nwachukwu As a general rule under Nigerian law of Evidence‚ the opinion evidence is irrelevant in court trials. Thus section 66 of the Evidence Act CAP E14‚ Laws of the. Federation of Nigeria (LFN)‚ 2004 provides that the fact that any person is of the opinion that a fact in issue‚ or relevant to the issue‚ does or does not exist‚ is irrelevant to the existence of such fact except as provided in sections 57 to 65 of the Evidence Act. Exceptions
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Claims require evidence‚ or else they are disregarded‚ but to what extent? Evidence is a fact or a piece of information that portrays the validity of a belief or proposition. For example‚ in science‚ you cannot claim a theory if it is not backed up with supportive evidence. However in matters like the reason of existence or religious beliefs‚ to what extent should evidence be provided? In Hitchens quote‚ he claims that if one makes a statement without providing evidences to back it up‚ the claim
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Benchmark: Evidence -Based Practice (EBP) Summary Shannon Marcus Grand Canyon University- NUR-504 Debra Finch-Instructor May 26‚ 2015 Introduction Nasogastric (NG) tube placement is a common procedure done in pediatric and neonatal patient care settings. However‚ there is little research that exists in today’s vast amount of medical information that conclusively proves the safest and most accurate way to verify placement. Although there have been several research
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Evidence-informed Decision-making Evidence-based practice‚ evidence-based medicine‚ evidence-based nursing and evidence-informed decision-making began with Florence Nightingale in the 1850s during the Crimean War. She noted a connection between poor sanitary conditions in the hospital and rising death rates among wounded soldiers (Bite-Sized History of Mathematical Resources‚ n.d.). “It is Nightingale who developed the coxcomb‚ a visual display to demonstrate how military deaths could be prevented”
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Crime scenes present many possibilities and evidence that may aid investigators in the apprehension and possibly conviction of a known or unknown offender. While this evidence are present at a scene of a crime‚ it requires specialized training on the part of law enforcement officials to effectively‚ efficiently and accurately‚ collect‚ record and preserve these evidence. Chain of command is especially vital at each stage of the evidence collection‚ as evidence can easily be lost and even tampered with
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ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE AND CRIME Page10 Contents Electronic Evidence and Crime 2 Digital Evidence Used 2 How the Evidence was Found 3 How the Evidence was Analyzed 3 The Crime Scene 5 Chain of Custody Concerns 6 Digital Evidence and Admissibility 7 Process for Evidence Used in Legal Proceedings 8 References 9 Electronic Evidence and Crime The improvement in technology is one of the concerns that is both an advantage and an adversity if it lies on the wrong hands in the current and contemporary
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The parol evidence rule states that‚ if once the terms of an agreement between two parties is written down‚ the parties may not present any evidence in court that contradicts what is written in the agreement. The parol evidence can be thought of as the “four corners” rule. If an agreement exists‚ the court must look for evidence of the agreement terms by reading what is inside the “four corners” of the paper the agreement is printed on. Evidence that does not appear within the “four corners” of the
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During my placement at Bankstown hospital‚ I found that Evidence Based Practice (EBP) was integral to providing the best outcomes for patients being treated. I was responsible for the rehabilitation of a 93-year-old man who had been admitted with significant deconditioning and balance loss following an extended
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Evidence based practices are known to be the best research evidence in the decision making process during interventions for patient care to fix or improve a person or organizations wrong doing. These practices have been extensively researched by professionals and are proven to have very positive outcomes. The key word in “evidence based practice” is evidence. Evidence is important because it helps a person make a judgement or conclusion based on recorded research that supports its main focus. When
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Evidence Collection During a crime scene investigation‚ evidence are the most important aspects to solve the crime. The evidence left on or around the scene can be used to investigate and identify the perpetrator. “Once the crime scene has been thoroughly documented and the locations of the evidence noted‚ then the collection process can begin. The collection process will usually start with the collection of the most fragile or most easily lost evidence. Special consideration can also be given
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