In judge-alone criminal trials in the Childrens Court under s 23 of the Childrens Court Act 1992 (Qld), although s 615C of the Criminal Code does not apply, the common law duty to give reasons requires the trial judge to record the principles of law applied, including that no adverse inference may be drawn from the accused's failure to give evidence. A reference to the complainant's version being 'uncontradicted' in the context of the accused not giving evidence constitutes an impermissible misdirection amounting to a miscarriage of justice.
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