The possibility of concoction between a child witness and a parent does not necessarily render the child's evidence 'of a kind that may be unreliable' under s 165 of the Evidence Act 1995 where the issue of concoction is squarely before the jury through cross-examination and addresses. A s 165 warning as to identification of an object is unnecessary where nothing turns on the precise identification of the object and the relevant issue is merely possession of an item of a similar kind.
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