Practice question
A dispute turns on whether a delivery van could reach a site that day. An official closure record shows the only access bridge was impassable throughout the period. Is the record irrelevant merely because it tends to disprove delivery?
- No; it bears on the alleged delivery’s probability
- Yes; negative inferences are forbidden
- Yes; only the delivery receipt may be relevant
- Yes; surrounding road facts are categorically excluded
- Yes; relevance applies only to affirmative evidence
Legal references
- AM19-08-15-SC, effectiveMay1,2020, Rules128 Sections3–4;129 Section4;130 Sections21–22,28,37;132 Sections34,39: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
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