Gain Immediate access to our Essays
FREE access exchanged for your work, or pay £9.99
Words: | Submitted: Wed Mar 10 2004
... not take very good care of them. Since Mr Oars believes that Boater does not take ivery good care of these particular breed of dogs, there is a probability that he is liable for the death of his dog. However, questions put forward to Mr Oars by the prosecution would be based as to whether he liked Mr Boater as a vet and not whether Boater was a good vet or not. The question of being a good vet is not relevant to the fact in issue. The fact that Boater does not like this particular breed would draw an inference that he would have been more careless. Therefore this links to the fact in issue; he doesn't like this particular breed of dog, therefore he was reckless as to his actions. Mr Oars's belief may be seen as being opinion evidence. Opinions are conclusions or inferences from perceptions. At common law, opinions ...
FREE access exchanged for your work, or pay £9.99