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Received: | | 29 June 1966 |
Reference Extended: | | 25 March 1975
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| | Evidence (Business Records), 1972 |
Report 17: | | Evidence (Business Records), July 1973 |
| | Tabled in Parliament 9 August 1973 |
Legislative Action: | | Evidence (Amendment) Act 1976 |
Judicial Citation: | | Bilbao v Farquhar [1974] 1 NSWLR 377, 383 |
| | Albrighton v Royal Prince Alfred Hospital [1980] 2 NSWLR 542, 549 |
| | Trade Practices Commission v TNT Management Pty Ltd (1984) 1 FCR 172
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Advanced Medical Institute Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] FCA 1357, [24]
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| | The Rule Against Hearsay, 1976 |
Report 29: | | The Rule Against Hearsay, May 1978 |
| | [An Outline of the Report was also published] |
| | Tabled in Parliament 29 August 1978 |
Judical Citation | | Jones v Sutherland Shire Council [1979] 2 NSWLR 206, 230 |
| | The Ritz Hotel Ltd v Charles of the Ritz Ltd (1988) 15 NSWLR 158 |
| | Conway v The Queen (2000) FCR 461, [146]
R v Ambrosoli (2002) 55 NSWLR 603, [16]
Harrington-Smith v Western Australia (2004) 207 ALR 483, [84]
R v Hillier [2004] ACTSC 81, [13] |
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| | Unsworn Statements of Accused Persons, May 1980 |
Report 45: | | Criminal Procedure: Unsworn Statements of Accused Persons, October 1985 |
| | Tabled in Parliament 31 October 1985 |
Legislative Action: | | No legislation was required to implement this Report. However, the right to make an unsworn statement was subsequently abolished by the Crimes Legislation (Unsworn Evidence) Amendment Act 1994 (NSW) which inserted s 404A into the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) (now Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) s 31).
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| | Evidence of Disposition, 1978 |
Judicial Citation: | | R v Damic [1982] 2 NSWLR 750 at 755
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Vines [2003] NSWSC 1237, [37]
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| | The Course of the Trial, 1978 |
Judicial citation: | | Goldsmith v Sandilands (2002) 76 ALJR 1024, [55]
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Vines [2003] NSWSC 1237, [37]
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| | Illegally and Improperly Obtained Evidence, 1979
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| | Competence and Compellability, 1980 |
Judicial Citation: | | Smiles v Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (1992) 66 ACrimR 51, [65]
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| | Oaths and Affirmations, March 1980
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| | Evidence, June 1988 |
| | Released by the Attorney General 30 June 1988 |
| | Tabled in Parliament 15 November 1988 |
Legislative Action: | | Motor Accidents Act 1988 Part 5, Division 5 |
| | Evidence Act 1995 |
Judicial Citation: | | Sved v Council of the Municipality of Woollahra (NSW SC, No 55096/92, Giles CJ in CommD, 15 April 1998, unreported), 6
Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 201 CLR 49 [104]
R v Clark (2001) 123 A Crim R 506 [111]
Cornwell v The Queen (2007) 81 ALJR 840 [58], [72], [136]
Habib v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2010) 76 NSWLR 299 [203] |
Journal articles: | | F Bates, "Review: the New South Wales Law Reform Commission Report on Evidence" (1990) 14 Criminal Law Journal 136 |
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Note: | | See also Reference 109 for a Review of the Evidence Act 1995 |
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