Failure to call witnesses

A case that still doesn't get a guernsey in every practitioner's headspace is Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298.It's one of those chestnut cases we all should be familiar with, perhaps second only to Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 (HL).There's been a lot of commentary written about Jones v Dunkel over many …

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Advocacy by ambush is against the rules

The Ethics Committee of the Victorian Bar publishes Ethics Bulletins on an as-required basis. Similar in format to the Practice Directions issued by the Magistrates' Court of Victoria, these bulletins act as gentle reminders to barristers of the Bar Rules of Conduct, and clarification on ethical issues of legal practice.One bulletin to be particularly mindful …

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