DPP v Nicholls [2010] VSC 397 clarified that unavailable in relation to a witness means something more than just not in court. It was already apparent from the definition in the Dictionary of the Evidence Act 2008, but Nicholls confirmed it. What does available mean?Singh v The Queen [2011] VSCA 263 is an interlocutory, mid-trial …

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