Phillips v R

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
JudgeGleeson CJ,Gummow,Kirby,Hayne,Heydon JJ
Judgment Date01 March 2006
Neutral Citation[2006] HCA 4,2006-0301 HCA A
Date01 March 2006
Docket NumberB58/2005
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34 cases
  • Moloney v New Zealand
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • IMM v The Queen
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 14 April 2016
    ...28 Heydon, ‘Is the Weight of Evidence Material to Its Admissibility?’, (2014) 26 Current Issues in Criminal Justice 219 at 235. 29 (2006) 225 CLR 303 at 323–324 [63]; [2006] HCA 30 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297 at 302 [10]; [1999] HCA 37; R v Ellis (2003) 58 NSWLR 700 at 716–717......
  • BBH v The Queen
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 28 March 2012
    ...to its admissibility.’ 63 In that limiting case, the evidence would be capable of proving nothing about any fact in issue. In Phillips v The Queen the Court observed that 64: ‘On one view, the problems presented by the tender of similar fact evidence are merely problems of relevance. On ano......
  • X v Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 21 February 2007
    ...Act 1978 (Q), ss 6, 10(3) (suppression of the names of juveniles and certain victims of sexual abuse). See Phillips v The Queen (2006) 80 ALJR 537 at 553 [81]–[87]; 224 ALR 216 at 77Raybos Australia Pty Ltd v Jones (1985) 2 NSWLR 47 at 53, 58-59, referring to Russell v Russell (1976) 134 CL......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Assessing Significant Probative Value for the Purposes of Admitting Coincidence Evidence: DSJ v R; NS v R
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The Nbr. 17-2, January 2013
    • 1 January 2013
    ...182 CLR 461 at 485, Mason CJ, Deane and Dawson JJ. In terms of the continuedapplication of the Pfennig test, see Phillips v The Queen [2006] HCA 4, (2006) 225 CLR 303 at [64]. 9 Hoch v The Queen [1988] HCA 50, (1988) 165 CLR 292 at 296, Mason CJ, Wilson and Gaudron JJ; BBH vThe Queen [2012]......
  • The legal structure of propensity evidence
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The Nbr. 20-2, April 2016
    • 1 April 2016
    ...RvO’Keefe [2000] 1 Qd R 564, 573–4; RvWRC (2002) 130 A Crim R 89[27]–[29]. The HCA were critical of former (Phillips vThe Queen (2006) 225 CLR 303 [60], [64]) but approving of latter:BBH vThe Queen (2012) 245 CLR 499 [155]–[159]; HML, n. 32 at [27], [285].164. For example, RvW[1998] 2 Qd R ......
  • Noticeboard
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The Nbr. 10-3, July 2006
    • 1 July 2006
    ...the accused hadgiven evidence denying the charge.234 E & PNOTICEBOARD Similar fact evidence—AustraliaThe appellant in Phillips vThe Queen [2006] HCA 4 faced eight counts of sexualassault and rape against six female teenagers. Identity was not an issue. Theoffences against five of the compla......

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