DIGEST OF LAW REFORM COMMISSION REFERENCES

42. Criminal procedure

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Received:		17 January 1982
Discussion Paper 9:		Unsworn Statements of Accused Persons, May 1980 (originally issued under Reference 13: Evidence)
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).
Issues Paper 3:		Criminal Procedure: General Introduction and Proceedings in Courts of Petty Sessions, 1982
		[An Outline of the Paper was also published]
Preliminary paper:		Robert L Misner, "Legislatively Mandated Speedy Trials" (1984) 8 Criminal Law Journal 17 [A report to the New South Wales Law Reform Commission, which was made possible by a grant from the Law Foundation of New South Wales.]
Discussion Paper 12:		Criminal Procedure: The Jury in a Criminal Trial, September 1985
Judicial Citation:		Otis Elevators Pty Ltd v Zitis (1986) 5 NSWLR 171, 202 Wu v The Queen (1999) 199 CLR 99, [42] R v PZG (2007) 171 A Crim R 62, [20]
Research Report 1:		Criminal Procedure: The Jury in a Criminal Trial: Empirical Studies, June 1986
Judicial Citation:		Pahuja v The Queen (1987) 30 ACrimR 118
		Cheatle v The Queen (1993) 177 CLR 541, 562
Report 48:		Criminal Procedure: The Jury in a Criminal Trial, March 1986
		Tabled in Parliament 30 April 1986
Legislative Action:		Jury (Amendment) Act 1987
		Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1988 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Procedure) Act 1997
Judicial Citation:		Cheatle v The Queen (1993) 177 CLR 541 at 562
		R v Taousanis (1999) 146 ACrimR 303 (NSW SC), [7], [10], [12], [20]
		Katsuno v The Queen (1999) 199 CLR 40, [97]
		Wu v The Queen (1999) 199 CLR 99, [46]
		R v Laws (2000) 50 NSWLR 96, [30], [31], [34] R v MM (2004) 145 ACrimR 148 (NSW CCA), [138] R v Lavender (2005) 218 ALR 521 (HC), [89] R v NZ [2005] NSWCCA 278, [188] R v Tichowitsch [2006] QCA 569, [3] Vella v Western Australia (2007) 33 WAR 411, [75]
Journal articles:		J H Phillips, "The calling of expert evidence-in-chief - a new approach" (1989) 63 Australian Law Journal 545
Discussion Paper 13:		Criminal Procedure: Procedure from Charge to Trial: A General Proposal for Reform, December 1986
Discussion Paper 14:		Criminal Procedure: Procedure from Charge to Trial: Specific Problems and Proposals, February 1987
Judicial Citation:		Barron v Attorney General (NSW) (1987) 10 NSWLR 215, 233
		Aboud v Attorney General (NSW) (1987) 10 NSWLR 671, 679
		Kintominas v Attorney General (NSW) (1987) 24 A Crim R 456, 462
		Hilton v Hyde (NSW SC, No S18236-7/85, Hunt J, 29 April 1987, unreported), 4
		R v Elshaw [1991] 3 SCR 24
Discussion Paper 16:		Criminal Procedure: Police Powers of Arrest and Detention, August 1987
Judicial Citation:		R v Walsh (NSW, Court of Criminal Appeal, No 60257/89, 18 October 1990, unreported) per Samuels JA at 20
Report 66:		Police Powers of Detention and Investigation after Arrest, December 1990
		Tabled in Parliament 20 February 1991
Legislative Action:		Crimes Amendment (Detention After Arrest) Act 1997
Judicial Citation:		R v Savvas (1991) 55 ACrimR 241
		R v McKinney (NSW SC, No 60335/92, Wood J, 1 July 1993, unreported) at 37
		Bell v The Queen (1994) 77 ACrimR 213 R v Rondo (2001) 126 ACrimR 562 (NSWCCA), [15] R v Day (2002) 129 ACrimR 198 (SA CCA), [48] Norton v The Queen (No 2) (2001) 24 WAR 488 (WASCA) Kelly v The Queen (2004) 205 ALR 274 (HCA), [28]