Melbourne v R
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1999-0805 HCA C,[1999] HCA 32 |
| Date | 1999 |
| Court | High Court |
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60 cases
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Stanoevski v R
...although there may arise questions of discretion… 4‘. 21 We interpolate at this point that since the decision of this Court in Melbourne v The Queen5, whether to give a direction at all, or the form of it if given in relation to character evidence will require close attention to the relevan......
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Gately v The Queen
...at [89]. 28 Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292 at 299–300. 29 See Alford v Magee (1952) 85 CLR 437 at 466; cf Melbourne v The Queen (1999) 198 CLR 1 at 52–53 [142]–[143]; Doggett v The Queen (2001) 208 CLR 343 at 373–374 [115]–[117]; Murray v The Queen (2002) 211 CLR 193 at 205 [37], 2......
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Gedeon v Commissioner of NSW Crime Commission
...(2000) 200 CLR 234 at 256-257 [56]; [2000] HCA 28; RPS v The Queen (2000) 199 CLR 620 at 637 [41]; [2000] HCA 3; Melbourne v The Queen (1999) 198 CLR 1 at 52–53 [143]; [1999] HCA 130 Rule 404(b) provides: ‘Other crimes, wrongs, or acts. — Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not adm......
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Robert Lindsay Hughes(Appellant) v The Queen
...See generally Hoch (1988) 165 CLR 292 at 297 per Mason CJ, Wilson and Gaudron JJ, 301 per Brennan and Dawson JJ; Melbourne v The Queen (1999) 198 CLR 1 at 16–19 [36]–[43] per McHugh J; [1999] HCA 32. 177R v Ellis (2003) 58 NSWLR 700 at 716 [74]–[75] per Spigelman CJ (Sully J, O'Keefe J, Hid......
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5 books & journal articles
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The Australian Constitution's Influence on the Common Law
...CJ, Brennan, Deane, Dawson and Gaudron JJ); R v L (1992) 174 CLR 379, 389-390(Mason CJ, Deane and Toohey JJ); Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 180, 247 (GummowJ); Esso v FCT (1999) 201 CLR 49, 61–3 [23]–[25] (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron and Gummow JJ), 83[91] (Kirby J).158 The possible utility ......
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Hearsay, Bad Character and Trust in the Jury: Irish and English Contrasts
...A Study of the English Criminal Trial, 2nd edn (Stevens & Sons: London,1958) 174.41 Keane and McKeown, above n. 11 at 3.42 Melbourne vR[2000] 2 LRC 294 at 312, per McHugh J.43 Lord Phillips, ‘Trusting the Jury’, speech delivered on 23 October 2007, available at:, accessed 16 May 2013.44 Mic......
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Accusation as Proof: Uncorroborated Historic Sexual Abuse Allegations
...‘He Looks Guilty: Reforming Good Character Evidence to Undercut the Presumption of Guilt’ (2004) 65U Pitt L Rev 227.31. R v Melbourne (1999) 198 CLR 1.32. C Ryan and others (n 28).33. GJB v R [2011] EWCA Crim 867.112 The Journal of Criminal Law Denis argues that evidence of good character c......
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Full steam ahead: Recent developments concerning Australia's new legal regime for regulating underwater cultural heritage
...in the persons whose ‘fit and proper person’ status must be evaluated. The potential for the Second FPP Factor to operate in this 20 (1999) 198 CLR 1, 15. 21 Underwater Cultural Heritage Rules 2018 (Cth) r 6(2)(a). 22 Ibid r 6(2)(b). (2019) 33 A&NZ Mar LJ 17 Recent Developments Concerning A......
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