EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 80 Convictions as evidence in actions for defamation
EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 80
Convictions as evidence in actions for defamation80 Convictions as evidence in actions for defamation
In an action for defamation in which the question whether a person did or did not commit a criminal offence is relevant to an issue arising in the action, proof that at the time when the issue falls to be determined that person stands convicted by a court of that offence is conclusive evidence that the person committed that offence.