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A Working Guide to the Evidence Act(s)Anton Hughes, Maurice Byers Chambers9 October nt,thefollowingresources:1. StephenOdgers,UniformEvidenceLaw2. JohnStratton,CriminalLawSurvivalKit–Evidence http://www.criminallawsurvivalkit.com.au 3. ok /criminal/ toapproachtheActfromlookslikethis:1. Jurisdiction2. Adducingevidence3. Admissibility4. Discretions
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onsastocompetencefallintothreecategories(s13):1. Thosewhocan’tunderstandquestions2. Thosewhoseanswerscan’tbeunderstood3. (3).Itisnotanall- ‐or- g).Butinparticular,itwasapparent,fromhiscross- eapparentthatitwouldbeimpossibletocross- nallawcontext,ss17- prosecutiontogiveevidence.Orasawitnessforan
onsforintroductoryquestions,andfornon- ea.Second,incross- ivequestions,intolong,complicated,confusingdouble- scross- 19havebeenrepealed.
t),andsaythefollowing:1.“Ishowyouadocument”2. “Doyourecognisethatdocument?”3. “Whatisit?”4. “Howdoyouknowthat?”5.“Itenderthe label ueistheidentificationoftheperpetrator.
proceeding.Brokendownthatis:1.could 2.rationallyaffect probability ranslatethemoutoflawyerese:1. Lowbar2. Logicalconnection3. tstillbeindirectlytoanotherissue.
ross- ctionary(cl4,Pt2)where:(a) thepersonisdead;(b) thepersonisnotcompetenttogiveevidence;(c) e;(d) itwouldbeunlawfulforthepersontogiveevidence;(e) theActprohibitstheevidencebeinggiven;(f) curetheirattendance,withoutsuccess;or(g) giveevidence,butwithoutsuccess.
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