Sentences with phrase «sense of the admissibility»

Anybody who's preparing for trial has at least a sense of the admissibility issues they're going to face with any particular witness, whether the issue is hearsay or something else.

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The Court of Appeal will not interfere with a ruling as to admissibility of evidence of a defendant's bad character unless the judge's judgment as to the capacity of prior events to establish propensity is plainly wrong, or discretion to exclude under s 101 (3) has been exercised unreasonably in the Wednesbury sense.

(iv) In reaching these conclusions, the court was applying the principle established by Hanson that it will not interfere with a ruling as to admissibility of evidence of a defendant's bad character unless the judge's judgment as to the capacity of prior events to establish propensity is plainly wrong or discretion has been exercised unreasonably in the Wednesbury sense.