| 单词 | Unfavourable witness |
| 释义 | 不利的證人 A witness who gives unfavourable evidence to a party, or does not appear to be making a genuine attempt to give evidence about a matter of which he or she may reasonably be supposed to have knowledge, or has made a prior inconsistent statement. A party calling an unfavourable witness is not allowed to impeach the witness’s credit by general evidence of bad character; but he may contradict the witness’s evidence by calling other witnesses to give evidence of those matters in relation to which the unfavourable witness failed to come up to proof: Evidence Ordinance (Cap 8) s 12. The party calling the unfavourable witness may adduce other evidence of the facts in question, not consistent with the unfavourable evidence, including, in civil cases (subject to certain conditions), the evidence of a statement made by that witness on another occasion: s 47. It is then a matter for the judge or jury to decide where the truth lies: Bradley v Ricardo (1831) 8 Bing 57. See also Cross-examination; Hostile witness; Prior inconsistent statement. 給予某一方當事人不利證據的證人；或看來沒有就某事宜真正地試圖給予證據的證人，而對該事宜他／她可合理地假定為知情的；或曾作出先前不相符的陳述的證人。傳召不利的證人的一方不許藉證人不良品格的一般證據而質疑證人的可信性，但可藉傳召其他證人給予有關不利的證人未能證明的事宜的證據而反駁該證人：《證據條例》（第8章）第12條。傳召不利的證人的一方可援引其他有關事實的證據，但不可與不利證據互相矛盾，包括就民事案件而言（受制於若干條件），由該證人在另一次提供的陳述證據：第 47條。其後法官或陪審團須決定真相所在：Bradley v Ricardo (1831) 8 Bing 57。另見 Cross-examination; Hostile witness; Prior inconsistent statement。 |
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