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USEFUL LINKS
 
Note on the Useful Links page:
For prescribed cases and legislation please refer to the current Subject Guide. Content on the Useful Links page is provided for additional and sometimes historical research and comparison.
 
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ALRC 38 - Evidence, 1987
- Australian Law Reform Commission 
BP 6 - Experts - Australian Law Reform Commission
Eilis Magner, "Before the High Court: HG v The Queen" (1998) 20 Syd L R 599

 
LEGISLATION

Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

Evidence Act 1995 (Cth)
Justices Act 1902 (NSW)
Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW)
Evidence (Children) Act 1997
CASES AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET 


FORMS OF EVIDENCE

Testimonial evidence

Glasby [2000] NSWCCA 83
R v Apostilides (1984) 154 CLR 563
R v Chin (1985) 157 CLR 671
ATM [2000] NSWCCA 475
Commissioner for Railways (New South Wales) v Young (1962) 106 CLR 535

Real evidence

Scott v Numurkah Corp (1954) 91 CLR 300
Kozul v R (1981) 147 CLR 221

ADMISSION AND USE OF EVIDENCE

Relevance

Papakosmas v R (1999) 196 CLR 297

Discretionary exclusion

Polycarpou v Australian Wire Industries (1995) 36 NSWLR 49
R v Swaffield; Pavic v The Queen (1998) 192 CLR 159
Bunning v Cross (1978) 141 CLR 54
Ridgeway v R (1995) 69 ALJR 484
D.P.P. (NSW) v Carr [2002] NSWSC 194

Hearsay

Lee v The Queen (1998) 195 CLR 594
Bull v The Queen; King v The Queen; Marotta v The Queen (2000) 171 ALR 613; [2000] HCA 24
Walton v R (1989) 166 CLR 283
Conway v The Queen (2000) 98 FCR 204
Graham v The Queen (1998) 195 CLR 606
Adam v The Queen (2001) 75 ALJR 1537; [2001] HCA 57
Allstate Life Insurance Co and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (1996) 136 ALR 627

Opinion

Clark v Ryan (1960) 103 CLR 486
Transport Publishing Co v The Literature Board of Review (1956) 99 CLR 111
Commissioner for Government Transport v Adamcik (1961) 106 CLR 292
Farrell v The Queen (1998) 72 ALJR 1292; [1998] HCA 50
H G v The Queen [1999] HCA 2; 160 ALR 554
Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2001] NSWSC 123

Admissions

Woon v R (1964) 109 CLR 529
Edwards v R (1993) 178 CLR 193
Zoneff v The Queen (2000) 200 CLR 234
Driscoll v R (1977) 137 CLR 317
Foster v R (1993) 67 ALJR 550
Williams v R (1986) 161 CLR 278
R v Swaffield; Pavic v The Queen (1998) 192 CLR 159

Tendency and coincidence

Hoch v R (1988) 165 CLR 292
Pfennig v R (1995) 127 ALR 99
Gipp v R (1998) 194 CLR 106
OGD (No 2) [2000] NSWCCA 404
Festa v The Queen (2001) 76 ALJR 291; [2001] HCA 72

Character: accused in criminal trial

Stanoevski v R (2001) 177 ALR 285; [2001] HCA 4
Palmer v The Queen (1998) 151 ALR 16; [1998] HCA 2
The Nominal Defendant v Clements (1960) 104 CLR 476
Adam v The Queen (2001) 75 ALJR 1537; [2001] HCA 57
McLellan v Bowyer (1961) 106 CLR 95

Privileges

Esso Australian Resources Ltd v Federal Commission of Taxation  (2000) 168 ALR 123; [1999] HCA 67
Baker v Campbell (1983) 57 ALJR 749; 153 CLR 52
Waterford v The Commonwealth (1987) 163 CLR 54
Mann v Carnell  (1999) 168 ALR 86; [1999] HCA 66
Commissioner, Australian Federal Police v Propend Finance Pty Ltd (1997) 71 ALJR 327
Pyneboard v TPC (1983) 152 CLR 328
Environment Protection Authority v Caltex Refining Co (1993) 178 CLR 477
Reid v Howard (1995) 131 ALR 609
Field v Commissioner for Railways (New South Wales) (1955) 99 CLR 285
Sankey v Whitlam (1978) 142 CLR 1
Aboriginal Sacred Sites Protection Authority v Maurice (1986) 65 ALR 247
The Commonwealth v Northern Land Council (1993) 176 CLR 604

PROOF

Burden and standard of proof

Nesterczuk v Mortimore (1965) 115 CLR 140
Green v R (1971) 126 CLR 28
Shepherd v R (1990) 97 ALR 161; 170 CLR 573
Naxakis v Western General Hospital [1999] HCA 22
Holloway v McFeeters (1956) 94 CLR 470
Doney v R (1990) 96 ALR 539 ; 171 CLR 207
May v O'Sullivan (1955) 92 CLR 654

Facilitation of proof

DPP v United Telecasters Sydney Ltd (1990) 168 CLR 594
Sullivan v Gordon (1999) 47 NSWLR  319; [1999] NSWCA 338
Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298
Weissensteiner v R (1994) 68 ALJR 23; 178 CLR 217
RPS v R (2000) 199 CLR 620

Unreliable evidence

Longman v R (1989) 168 CLR 79
McKinney v R (1990) 98 ALR 577
Crampton [2000] HCA 60, (2000) 75 ALJR 133
Alexander v R (1981) 145 CLR 395
Domican v R 173 CLR 555

 

 

 


 

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