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Practice question: Relevance; Collateral Matters

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Practice question

In an ordinary dispute about whether goods were delivered on a specified date, a party offers the other party’s favorite dessert without any claimed connection to delivery or another issue. What is the proper relevance assessment?
  1. Favorite food always proves commercial reliability.
  2. It must be admitted because it concerns a party.
  3. The offered fact lacks a demonstrated relation to the fact in issue.
  4. It conclusively disproves delivery.
  5. It is relevant solely because counsel asks about it.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 128 sections 3–4: admissibility, relation to fact in issue and collateral matters; Rule 132 section 34: purpose of offer.

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