Decision of civil and criminal cases

In civil cases, it was the pre-ponderance of probability upon which a matter was to be decided, unlike criminal cases where a party was required to prove its case beyond any shadow of doubt

Burden of proof in civil cases would shift with the progress of case and would lose its importance, when both the parties had led evidence in the case

In a civil suit onus to prove an issue could change sides in the light of the evidence led by the party on which onus was initially placed.