Tardy accused is still entitled to bail

GP v The Queen [2010] VSCA 142 saw the Court of Appeal dealing with another Criminal Procedure Act interlocutory appeal.The accused was committed for trial on 21 counts of obtaining and attempting to obtain property by deception. From 21 July 2009 until 31 May 2010, and despite several directions hearings and adjournments, he didn't retain …

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Coulson v The Queen [2010] VSCA 146: the Crown's obligation to call experts

The Crown may not refuse to call an expert witnesses it has sought advice from, selecting only those opinions that support their case for tactical reasons, any more than they may refuse to call a witness just because their testimony fails to accord with the prosecution case.Ashley JA [at 17, agreeing with Neave and Harper …

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Coulson v The Queen [2010] VSCA 146: the Crown’s obligation to call experts

The Crown may not refuse to call an expert witnesses it has sought advice from, selecting only those opinions that support their case for tactical reasons, any more than they may refuse to call a witness just because their testimony fails to accord with the prosecution case.Ashley JA [at 17, agreeing with Neave and Harper …

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It pays to advertise …

Something I tripped over on the Law Institute of Victoria's website:In July 2010 the LIV will launch the first edition of the National Guide of Expert Witnesses. The LIV is offering the opportunity to advertise as an expert witness in the guide, which will be widely circulated. Why not, I suppose. There has to be …

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The costs of getting it wrong

On Wednesday Lawyers Weekly carried the story of a NSW Local Court civil case where Magistrate Daphne Kok reportedly took the parties to task over their failure to resolve the issues in dispute.Apparently the legal costs of the case are far in excess of the $30,000 original claim. They were more than $100,000 before the …

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