http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/32/section/1/1997-04-01Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988An Act to make fresh provision in relation to civil proceedings in Scotland regarding corroboration of evidence and the admissibility of hearsay and other evidence; and for connected purposes.1988-07-29texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2012-08-141997-04-01 Rule requiring corroboration abolished.11In any civil proceedings the court or, as the case may be, the jury, if satisfied that any fact has been established by evidence in those proceedings, shall be entitled to find that fact proved by that evidence notwithstanding that the evidence is not corroborated.2Any rule of law whereby any evidence may be taken to be corroborated by a false denial shall cease to have effect.
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