Alexander v R

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Neutral Citation[1981] HCA 17,1981-0408 HCA A
Date1981
Year1981

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63 cases
  • Festa v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 13 December 2001
    ...123–124. 4 (1937) 57 CLR 170. 5 (1937) 57 CLR 170 at 182 per Latham CJ, Rich, Dixon, Evatt and McTiernan JJ. 6 [1962] SR (NSW) 563. 7 (1981) 145 CLR 395. 8 [1962] SR (NSW) 563 at 9 (1981) 145 CLR 395 at 426–427. 10 (1981) 145 CLR 395. 11 (1981) 145 CLR 395 at 402–403. 12 [1986] 1 SCR 802. 1......
  • Woods v Multi-Sport Holdings Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 7 March 2002
    ...evidence, consulted a medical text on the extent to which acute alcoholism could affect the mental processes of the testator. In Alexander v The Queen27, Stephen J relied on published works of psychology in reaching conclusions as to the reliability of identification evidence. In Jaensch v ......
  • Aytugrul v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 18 April 2012
    ...864 at 866. 103 R v Sutton [1970] 2 OR 358 at 368 per Jessup JA (Gale CJO and Kelly JA concurring), approved in Alexander v The Queen (1981) 145 CLR 395 at 435; [1981] HCA 17. 104 The People (Attorney-General) v Casey (No 2) [1963] IR 33 at 38; Longman v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 79 at 10......
  • David Harold Eastman v DPP
    • Australia
    • Supreme Court of ACT
    • 22 August 2014
    ...and act on information or evidence that none of parties has seen — inherent powers of superior court Cases Cited: Alexander v The Queen (1981) 145 CLR 395 applied Alister v The Queen (1983) 154 CLR 404 applied Applicant VEAL of 2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenou......
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3 books & journal articles
  • The Corroboration Requirement in Scottish Criminal Trials: Should it Be Retained for Some Forms of Problematic Evidence?
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 18-1, January 2014
    • 1 January 2014
    ...causes combined: G. L. Wells, ‘EyewitnessIdentification: Systemic Reforms’ (2006) Wisconsin Law Review 615 at 615.32 See Alexander vR(1981) 145 CLR 395. See also J. Doris (ed.), The Suggestibility of Children’s Recollections:Implications for Eyewitness Testimony (American Psychological Asso......
  • A fair ‘hearing’
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 21-3, July 2017
    • 1 July 2017
    ...Law Reform Commission (2005: 450–453) (describing in-court identifications as being extremely unreliable);Alexander vThe Queen (1981) 145 CLR 395.11. Judicial College of Victoria (2016: 4.11.1, [5]). There are actually five types of identification evidence listed in the CriminalCharge Book;......
  • Hearsay: Identification and Admissions
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 66-5, October 2002
    • 1 October 2002
    ...speakingthewords,'Itisnumber8'. At trial, W was unabletorememberthenumberof the personwhomhe had identifiedand11 Ibid. at 656j.12 (1981) 145 CLR 395.13 [1991] I All ER232.14 Seecommentaryby D. J. Birch [19901 Crim LR The Journal of Criminal Lawaccordingly, the prosecution called the police ......