The County Court declined to make an advance ruling under s192A of the Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) excluding a forensic accounting report, holding that the application was premature because the evidentiary foundation for the expert's opinions had not yet been laid at trial. The Court emphasised that the s192A discretion is wide and open-ended, and that it was not possible to determine relevance in advance of hearing evidence. The Court also distinguished between matters going to admissibility and matters properly the subject of cross-examination.
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