Day: February 13, 2013

Functus officio: DPP v Edwards [2012] VSCA 293

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Functus officio is a latin phrase that translates as 'having discharged an office'.In the law, it's closely related to the doctrine of res judicata, which refers to a matter decided or adjudicated by a competent court and so conclusive between the parties to the matter.The difference between the two, if there is one, is not …

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Finishing what you started

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In Massey v R [2013] ACTCA 5 the appellant, convicted of murder in a street stabbing, contended that it was a misdirection for a trial judge to tell a jury that she could not rely on self-defence if she had been the original aggressor and her aggression had not ceased. Support for this was said …

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