LAW 682 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Unfair Prejudice In United Kingdom Company Law
Document Summary
Fre 103(a)(1)-(2) (a) preserving a claim of error. A party may claim error in a ruling to admit or exclude evidence only if the error affects a substantial right of the party and: Party who objects to the admission of the evidence must: Interposing a timely objection or motion to strike. Evidence"s proponent, when the ruling excludes evidence must: making an offer of proof. Appellate court-need to make objection at trial court level. Offer of proof-proponent must tell judge what tenor of evidence would be and why the evidence is logically relevant. Where the sustained objection challenges the relevancy, the offer of proof should indicate the facts on which relevancy depends. When the objection is on a ground other than relevancy, the offer must also explain why the objection is unsound. Evidentiary objections are often raised prior to trial via motion in limine.
