DCC 228/2005/1

This case included a claim by some heirs for compensation and blood money as a result of the death of their mother in a road traffic accident. Key issues included the evidential value of documents from overseas proving the litigants were heirs. The case also considered the extent to which the civil court was free to assess evidence on causation when the criminal judgment had ruled it was not possible to ascertain which of two cars had committed a traffic violation.

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