Evidence is considered as the most difficult subject in PCLL Conversion Examination (herein the “Examination”). It tests student the admissibility of evidence and procedure in court. Students may find this subject be challenging if they have never witnessed a full trial, in particularly a criminal one, in the higher court. Some topics, for instance, the rule against hearsay, character direction, always appear in the Examination and student must pay extra attention to these areas.

To pass the Examination, students are reminded to
(1) Carefully read the question and decide the area that the question is asking;
(2) Read the note of that area;
(3) Structure the answer by selecting the paragraph to be inserted to the answer;
(4) Only paraphrase the paragraphs related to that area and write it down to the answer; and
(5) Apply the law to the fact in question.

Students are reminded that the Conversion Examination Board has repeatedly warned students the risk of plagiarism. Hence, please DO NOT insert the words in this notes word by word to the answer. Case after year 1997 is highly persuasive, but it is no longer a precedent. Positively NEVER write down anything unrelated to the question. Write around 600 words for each question (of 10 marks) and answer all questions in the paper in 180 minutes (there is NO reading time).

The past examination papers and answers are of considerable value to students. Students are suggested to firstly investigate the trend of the examination and focus on the hot topics by reading the Examination Trend before going deep to each topic. At the end of the day, your aim of taking the Examination is to get a pass, but not a distinction.

By following the steps above and reading this study notes, student should be able to pass the Examination by studying for less than 1 month.