At the Chancellor's Lecture last week, former Court of Appeal judge Charles Stephen QC made reference to improper questioning in cross-examination. He made specific mention of Heydon J's comments in Libke v R (2007) 230 CLR 559. I read the case for the first time this week.The Evidence Act 1958 has allowed a broad discretion …
Day: November 17, 2009
Social News now online
The Spring edition of the Victorian Bar News is now available online.It came out over a month ago, and I may not have noticed it being posted on the Bar's homesite for a few weeks. I had a bleat here about there being no electronic version soon after it was printed.The editors explain,The first thing …