The Queen v Pahuja

JurisdictionSouth Australia
Date1987
CourtSupreme Court of South Australia
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10 cases
  • Tang Kin Seng v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 24 October 1996
    ...that it is often the case that all the court has before it are the words of the victim against the words of the accused.In R v Pahuja (1988) 49 SASR 191, a case from Southern Australia, King CJ made the following pertinent observation when referring to s 34i(5) of the Southern Australian Ev......
  • The Queen(Appellant) v Kritsingh Dookheea
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 13 September 2017
    ... [2012] EWCA Crim 702. 13 Dookheea [2016] VSCA 67 at [90]. 14 (2013) 237 A Crim R 177. 15 (1986) 42 SASR 203. 16 (1986) 43 SASR 422. 17 (1987) 49 SASR 191. 18 Wilson (1986) 42 SASR 203 at 207 per King CJ (Johnston J agreeing at 224); Dam (1986) 43 SASR 422 at 429–431 per Jacobs J (Mohr J an......
  • Longman v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
  • B v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
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2 books & journal articles
  • Re-Imagining the Criminal Standard of Proof: Lessons from the ‘Ethics of Belief’
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 13-3, July 2009
    • 1 July 2009
    ...kind of litigation should, in arational world, reflect an assessment of the comparative social disutility of each.See also RvPahuja (1988) 49 SASR 191, 204, per Cox J: the law should ‘pitch the required degree ofprobability at a level that will ensure the conviction of a high proportion of ......
  • Explaining a ‘Reasonable Doubt’ to Juries: R v Lifchus
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 2-4, December 1998
    • 1 December 1998
    ...in R v Ching (1976)63 Cr App R 7at9theexpression'spopularisationispartlydueto itsuseintelevisionreconstructionsoftrials.7RvPahuja (1987) 49 SASR 191 at 194:'Jurorsarepresumedto bereasonablepersons.Thetestofreasonablenessofadoubtisthatthejury,properlyawareofitsresponsibilities,ispreparedtoen......

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