3.2 Facts in Issue and Relevant Facts

The facts in issue — the facts the case's outcome depends on: the material facts (the elements of the cause-or-offence — the crime's actus-reus-and-mens; the contract's offer-acceptance). The pleadings' definition (the civil) and the charge's (the criminal). The relevant facts — the facts connected to the issues (the logical relevance: the causal, the explanatory, the corroborative, the contradictory) — the admissibility's candidates: the Act's relevance catalogue (the motive, the opportunity, the preparation, the conduct, the explanations). The two-tier discipline: the issues first (what must be proved), the relevance second (what may be proved toward them).