JSB171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Miscarriage, Perjury, Federal Circuit Court Of Australia
Document Summary
Nature of evidence: evidence" is comprehensively defined as the material offered in court during a trial for the purpose of enabling the finder of fact to reach a decision on the issues in dispute". The law of evidence consists of the rules and principles that govern what information will be considered by the court or tribunal to resolve the issues in the case it is not substantive law. Elements: the law" of evidence has three main elements prescriptive rules, ethical principles and forensic practices. All of these govern how facts and other information are adduced in court proceedings, both civil and criminal. Queensland: magistrates, district, supreme, court of appeal, other tribunals. Commonwealth: magistrates fed mag court, federal, family, high court, tribunals (e. g. aat) Prescriptive rules for queensland courts exercising state jurisdiction: evidence act 1977 (qld) ( qea , common law, other statutes (e. g. criminal code; ucpr, s 5 evidence act 1995 (cth) ( cea ) limited application.
