Welcome to the Australian Uniform Evidence Law website.
Student resources
The resources below are available to users of the book and require a username and password.
- The username is: evidence
- The password can be found in Chapter 1 of the book, and is the first word under the heading 1.4.7 Preliminary questions – the voir dire: section 189 (page 16 of the print book)
Chapter 14 Putting it all together – answers
Updates
March 2019
There have been some recent changes in Victoria regarding improper questioning of a vulnerable witness. As of 1 March 2019, ss 41(2) and (3) have been repealed from the Evidence Act 2008 (Vic). This brings it into line with the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth).
June 2020
There has been a change to the wording of s 41 Improper Question.
It now reads: ‘(1) The court must disallow an improper question …’.
The textbook has: ‘(1) The court may disallow …’