Revisiting the Similar Fact Rule in Singapore: Public Prosecutor v. Mas Swan bin Adnan and another

• Main Author: CHEN, Siyuan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Evidence
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1974; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3926/viewcontent/RevisitingSimilarFactRuleSingapore_2011_SJLS.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The similar fact rule in Singapore—as with the law on any evidence law doctrine that can be found in both our Evidence Act and the common law—has required clarification for some time. This note, which discusses the latest local decision on the similar fact rule, considers if that decision is compati...