R v Irwin

• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Appeal and new trial
  3. › Verdict unreasonable or insupportable having regard to evidence
  4. › Whether verdict of guilty reasonably open to jury on whole of evidence
  5. › Complainant's evidence unreliable and inconsistent with independent witness
  6. › Whether jury entitled to convict on remaining evidence
  7. › Criminal Code 1899 (Qld), s 23(1)(b), s 271(1)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Defences
  3. › Accident
  4. › Whether ordinary person would reasonably foresee possibility of serious injury from forceful push on tiled ramp
  5. › Whether foreseeability of fractured hip was no more than remote or theoretical possibility
  6. › Criminal Code 1899 (Qld), s 23(1)(b)
• 1. Criminal Law
  2. › Defences
  3. › Self-defence
  4. › Whether prosecution negatived self-defence beyond reasonable doubt
  5. › Whether jury entitled to reject appellant's account that complainant was instigator
  6. › Criminal Code 1899 (Qld), s 271(1)

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