Anwar Ibrahim’s legal team appear to have either dug
themselves into a hole or through sheer negligence, incompetence or a
combination of both, allowed themselves to walk into a potential trap in his
second sodomy trial.
SKIRMISH’S ON EVIDENCE IN A VOIR DIRE
Illegally obtained evidence is now not simply subject to the
old English rules of evidence. It is
alsosubject to a variety of internationally recognized conventions on Human
Rights which have an overbearing influence on English law today.
At the outset one must identify and understand what type of
evidence as a general principle may be admitted in any proceeding. For evidence
to be admitted in court in any proceeding it must be relevant. Relevance
overrides any other consideration and is only tempered, not prohibited by the
equitable rules of fairness.
