Relc v R

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal against conviction
  3. › Miscarriage of justice
  4. › Unreliability warnings
  5. › Evidence of children
  6. › Whether s 165 Evidence Act warning appropriate for child witness who gave inconsistent accounts
  7. › Whether failure to warn about complainant's evidence created unfair imbalance
  8. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 165, 165A, 165B
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Warnings to jury
  3. › Unreliable evidence
  4. › Section 165 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)
  5. › Categories of evidence that may be unreliable
  6. › Whether prior inconsistent statements and admitted lies bring evidence within s 165(1)
  7. › Relationship between ss 165, 165A and 165B
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Children's evidence
  3. › Warnings about children as witnesses
  4. › Pre-recorded interviews and CCTV evidence
  5. › Warnings under ss 14 and 25 Evidence (Children) Act 1997 (NSW)
  6. › Whether warnings need be repeated in summing up
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Evidence of silence
  3. › Section 89 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)
  4. › Whether cross-examination about failure to volunteer information to police contravenes s 89
  5. › Distinction between failure to answer during official questioning and failure to volunteer information

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