1Rule requiring corroboration abolished
(1)
In 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.
(2)
Any rule of law whereby any evidence may be taken to be corroborated by a false denial shall cease to have effect.