Evidence (LAWGENRL 401) summary notes

Evidence (LAWGENRL 401) summary notes. These notes cover the following topics:

• Relevance and Prejudice
  • Policies and purposes of evidence law
    • Evidence Act s-6
    • Evidence Act s0-12
  • Relevance
    • Evidence Act s-9
    • Relevance defined
    • Adamson case
    • R v Bain
    • R v Baker
    • Poe case
    • Evidence Act s3-14
  • Unfair prejudice
    • Evidence Act sectio
  • Propensity Evidence
    • Evidence Act
    • O v R
    • Wi v R
    • Alletson
    • McIntosh
    • Kingi
    • Mahomed
    • D v R
    • Snell-Scasbrook
    • Thompson v R
  • Judicial Notice
    • Evidence Act
    • Kapi v MOT
    • Zundel
• Eligibility and Compellability of Witnesses
  • Evidence Act
  • Eligibility
  • Compellability
  • Child witnesses
    • R v Tanner
    • K v R
• Opinion Evidence
  • Evidence Act
  • Opinion evidence rule
    • Section 4 definition
  • Non-expert opinion evidence
    • Scott’s test:
  • Expert opinion evidence
    • What is an expert?
    • Permissible subject matter of expert testimony
    • Factual foundation for expert testimony
    • Expert opinion evidence test
  • Experiments, demonstrations, and reconstructions
  • Novel scientific evidence
• Examination in Chief (direct examination)
  • Evidence Act
  • Leading questions
    • Examination in chief
    • Cross-examination
    • R v E
    • Rongonui
  • Hannigan procedure
    • Hannigan v R
  • Previous consistent statements
    • General rule
    • Roberts
    • Exceptions
  • Refreshing memory
    • Rook
    • Rongonui
  • Unfavourable and hostile witnesses
    • Hannigan
    • Herewini
    • Morgan
    • Scott’s refreshing memory test
    • Options for dealing with an unfavourable witness
• Cross-examination
  • Evidence Act
  • Duty to cross-examine
  • Cross-examination on veracity
    • Evidence Act
    • Lahina
    • Carter
    • Test for veracity evidence
  • Hypothetical questions
  • Good faith basis
  • Prior inconsistent statements
  • Cross-examination of complainants in sexual assault cases
    • Evidence Act
    • Solicitor General v Singh
    • B v R
    • Sahib
  • Cross-examination on prior convictions
    • Holland
• Privilege
  • Evidence Act
  • Legal professional privilege
    • Solicitor-client privilege
    • Litigation privilege
    • Crime fraud exception
    • Waiver of privilege
    • Without prejudice communications
  • Marital communications privilege
  • Doctor-patient privilege
  • Religious advisor privilege
  • Privilege against self-incrimination
  • Discretionary protection of confidential communications
• Hearsay
  • Definition
    • Things that look like hearsay that aren’t
  • Common law exceptions
  • Defendant’s statements
  • Evidence Ac006 exceptions
    • Business records
  • Evidence Act sectio8 admissibility of hearsay
    • Evidence Act
  • Notice of hearsay evidence
  • Scott’s hearsay test Error! Bookmark not defined
  • Hearsay test