Section 174 of the Evidence Act 2011 – What it Says and All You Need to Know.
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Section 174 of the Evidence Act 2011 Provides as Follows:
(1) If a judgment is not pleaded by way of estoppel it is as between parties and privies deemed to be a relevant fact, whenever any matter, which was or might have been decided in the action in which it was given, is in issue, or is deemed to be relevant to the issue in any subsequent proceeding.
(2) Such judgment is conclusive proof of the facts which it decides, or might have decided, if the party who gives evidence of it had no opportunity of pleading it as an estoppel.
Other Relevant Sections:
- Section 175 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 176 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 177 of the Evidence Act 2011