TITLE OF THE ARTICLE: The Evidence Act, 2011; Has the Mission Been Accomplished?
AUTHOR:
HELEN UCHENNA AGU, B.Sc (Nig), LL.B (Nig), BL, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus.
ABSTRACT:
In July 2011, the Evidence Act, 2011, was passed by the Nigerian National Assembly to replace the old Act which had been stuck in a time warp since 1945. This is a welcome development but has the mission of producing a robust legal framework that will support modern day transactions been accomplished? This paper seeks to answer this question by highlighting the challenges posed by the repealed Act and in line with the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission, examine how far these were incorporated into the new Act. It concludes with a comment on the prospects or otherwise of the present legal regime.