The major reform responds to a NSW Sentencing Council report which examined the issue in April 2024, and flagged concerns that ‘good character’ evidence was not operating effectively. On Wednesday, ...

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Based on a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court split decision, defense "good character" witnesses may be cross-examined about a defendant's juvenile delinquency adjudications, though this raises ...

Anew report commissioned by the Bangladesh Legal Aid & Services Trust (BLAST) and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, provides an insight into the laws regarding use of character evidence about ...

The Queensland Sexual Assault Network, in a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into justice responses to sexual violence, has also called for the consideration of a civil ...

Recently, Tan Lee Hoon was found guilty of abusing her two foreign domestic workers and sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment. Her defence lawyers tried to argue that she did not deserve to go to jail ...

It is indeed a relief to know that section 155(4) of the Evidence Act that allows character evidence in rape cases will perhaps finally be removed. Rights activists had been protesting against the ...

When a person is accused of a crime, evidence of their character can be useful in dealing with their matters before the court. This character evidence speaks to an accused person’s conduct or ...