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Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v JS [2025] NSWSC 1172
In this decision the Supreme Court has held that a certificate under s 177 of the Evidence Act is not required to comply with all the usual requirements for expert evidence. So long as it complies with the terms of s 177, and so long as there is no written objection, the certificate – and therefore
Odisho v R [2018] NSWCCA 19
The Court of Criminal Appeal (‘CCA’) has examined applications for leave to cross examine one’s own witnesses under s38. The core principle seems to be that grants of leave will be strictly interpreted, and if there is any possibility that cross examination will stray into territory which is only ab