Uniform Evidence Law: Commentary and Materials Sixth Edition

Uniform Evidence Law: Commentary and Materials 6th edition has been updated throughout to provide essential case extracts and thoughtful concise commentary covering the uniform evidence legislation in the UEL jurisdictions of the Commonwealth, new South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. This latest edition includes discussion of the following significant developments and new case law: Important cases on adducing evidence from witnesses (R v GW (2016) 258 CLR 108 and Tootle v R [2017] NSWCCA 103); Recent decision on adducing documents and business records (Capital Securities XV Pty Ltd (formerly known as Prime Capital Securities Pty Ltd) v Calleja [2018] NSWCA 26); Significant hearsay decisions (Sio v The Queen (2016) 259 CLR 47 and Pate v the Queen [2015] VSCA 110); New decision on expert evidence (Langford v Tasmania [2018] TASCCA 1); Significant decisions on the admissibility of tendency and coincidence evidence (Hughes v The Queen [2017] HCA 20; 344 ALR 187 and R v GM [2016] NSWCCA 78); Privilege (Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Australian Building and Construction Commissioner [2018] FCAFC 4); Important decisions on discretionary exclusion (IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300 and Dickman v The Queen [2017] HCA 24); and New decision on warning in respect of delay (Robbins (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 288).