HD (88%) 2025 - Court Processes, Evidence & Proof - Summary Notes

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Comprehensive notes used to learn the course - scored a HD (88%) using these notes. Topics covered include: 1. Class 1| Core principles, framing the criminal trial, and the presumption of innocence 2. Class 2| Introducing the UEL and Relevance 3| Prosecuting, Adversarialism, Disclosure and the Right to Silence 4. Class 4| Exclusion of Evidence, Probative Value, Unfair Prejudice and Proof 5. Class 5| Introducing Witness Questioning and Chapter 2 of the UEL 6. Class 6| The Credibility Rule and Cross-Examination 7. Class 7| The Credibility Rule and Exceptions to the Rule 8. Class 8| Introducing Hearsay 9. Class 9| First Hand Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule 10. Class 10|s 66A and s 60 (representations with more than one purpose), Admissions as an exception to the hearsay rule, and Division 3 exceptions 11. Class 11| Overview of the Tendency and Coincidence Rules, relevance and the non-tendency purpose 12. Class 12| Coincidence Evidence and the Accused, ss 98 & 101 13. Class 13| Assessing the Accused's Character and Cross-Examining the Accused on Character and Credibilty 14. Class 14| Opinion Evidence - The exclusionary rule and key exceptions 15. Class 15| 'Experts', ad hoc experts, forensic science and medicine, and science 16. Class 16| Identification Evidence, Eyewitnesses and Visual Comparison Evidence 17. Class 17| Unreliable Evidence, Warnings and Directions