The Evidence Act 2008 is not a Code. It doesn't exclude the common law and, by s 8, it doesn't affect the operation of any other Act. It was argued for the respondent in DPP v Gibson [2012] VSC 297 that s 164 of the Evidence Act removes the traditional need for corroboration required for …

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