Edit: For an example of a final address that was considered not to reverse the onus of proof, where an accused's responses were described as "guarded" and "deficient", see Cummins J's reasons in DPP v Baker(No 3).And the position of closing addresses that refer to lies as consciousness of guilt (as expressed in Edwards v …
Day: August 6, 2009
"Why would they lie?"
Edit: For an example of a final address that was considered not to reverse the onus of proof, where an accused's responses were described as "guarded" and "deficient", see Cummins J's reasons in DPP v Baker(No 3).And the position of closing addresses that refer to lies as consciousness of guilt (as expressed in Edwards v …
No News isn't good news
It's August, which means I should have received a fresh edition of the Victorian Bar News by now. But I haven't. Nobody I know has.It's possible that I've missed an e-mail or a post somewhere advising that there's not going to be a winter edition. The by-line to this worthy industry journal is the Quarterly …
No News isn’t good news
It's August, which means I should have received a fresh edition of the Victorian Bar News by now. But I haven't. Nobody I know has.It's possible that I've missed an e-mail or a post somewhere advising that there's not going to be a winter edition. The by-line to this worthy industry journal is the Quarterly …