Magner, Eilis S --- "HG v The Queen" [1998] SydLawRw 26; (1998) 20 (4) Sydney Law Review 599
[*] BA (Hons Hist), B. Ed. (Tor), LLB (ANU), LLM (UNSW), SJD (Tor) Foundation Professor of Law, University of New England
[1] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/hca/transcripts/1998/S67/1.html.
[2] R v G (1997) 42 NSWLR 451 at 457.
[3] Ibid.
[4] [1993] USSC 99; 125 L Ed 2d 469, 480 (1994).
[5] See Magner, E S, “Wigmore Confronts Munsterberg: Present Relevance of a Classic Debate” [1991] SydLawRw 12; (1991) 13 Syd LR 121.
[6] [1990] FCA 473; (1990) 24 FCR 313 at 341.
[7] See, most recently Farrell The Queen [1998] HCA 50 per Kirby J at 27. See also: R v Smith [1987] VicRp 74; [1987] VR 907; Regina v Beland and Philips (1987) 36 CCC (3d) 481, (1987) 43 DLR (4th) 641. Regina v B [1987] 1 NZLR 362; See also Magner, E S, “Expert Testimony as to Credibility” (1989) 5 Aust Bar R at 225, Magner, E S, “Exclusion of Polygraph Evidence: Can it be Justified?” (1988) 30 Crim LQ at 412.
[8] Id Magner (1988) 30 Crim LQ at 414 and the literature cited there.
[9] Above n2 at 456.
[10] See Lindsay, D S and Johnson, M, “The Eyewitness Suggestibility Effect and Memory for Source” (1989) 17 Memory and Cognition at 349–358; “The Reversed Eyewitness Suggestibility Effect” (1989) 27 Bull Psychonomic Society at 111–113.
[11] See Jenkins, P, Counselling, Psychotherapy and the Law (1997); Jehu, D, et al, Patients as Victims: Sexual Abuse in Psychotherapy and Counselling (1994). See also Cassidy v Ministry of Health [1951] 2 KB 343.
[12] Above n2 at 452.
[13] Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss61B, 61C, 61D and 61E.
[14] Wran, N, Second Reading Speech, NSW Hansard, 18 March 1981 at 4761.
[15] Woods, G, Sexual Assault Law Reforms in New South Wales, (1981) Department of the Attorney General and of Justice, 30–32.
[16] Kumar, M, and Magner, E S, “Good Reasons for Gagging the Accused” (1997) 20 UNSWLJ at 311–332; Ligertwood, A, Australian Evidence, (3rd edn, 1991).
[17] Fishman, C S, “Consent, Credibility and the Constitution: Evidence Relating to a Sex Offence Complainant’s Past Sexual Behavior” (1995) 44 Catholic U LR at 709–820.
[18] (unreported, 25 August 1995, CCA, NSW) at 5.
[19] (1993) 67 A Crim R 549.
[20] Above n2 at 457.
[21] Id at 458.
[22] Ibid.
[23] Id at 458, citing R v Beserick (1993) 30 NSWLR 510.
[24] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/hca/transcripts/1998/S67/1.html Transcript of argument in the High Court per Hayne J.
[25] Woods, above n15 at 35.
[26] See, eg, Pugh, T, “Defining Adultery: Legal, Personal Rules on When the Line is Crossed Varies” Miami Herald 24 January 1998.
[27] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/hca/transcripts/1998/S67/1.htm.
[28] R v Linskey (1986) 23 A Crim R 224.
[29] Above n23.
[30] Magner, E S, Proving Sexual Assault; paper delivered on July 3 1998 to the XXIIIrd International Congress on Law and Mental Health in Paris France, a revised version of this paper is forthcoming in the Journal of Law and Mental Health.
[31] Des Rosiers, N, Rethinking Credibility from a Therapeutic Perspective; paper presented to XXIIIrd International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Paris, July 2 1998.
[32] Fishman, above n17 at 716, citing People v Sandoval 552 NE 2d 726 at 730 (1990) and State ex rel Pope v Superior Court 545 P 2d 946 at 950–53 (1976).
[33] Kumar and Magner, above n16 at 313.
[34] Id at 320.
[35] R v White (1989) 18 NSWLR 332.
[36] Id at 341.
[37] Kumar and Magner, above n16 at 321 citing R v Dimian (unreported 23 November 1995, NSW CCA).
[38] Woods, above n16 at 36.
[39] Id at 37.
[40] R v Dimian (unreported 23 November 1995, NSW CCA).
[41] Woods, above n15 at 36.
[42] Regina v PJE (unreported, 9 October 1995 CCA NSW) at 2.
[43] Gipp v The Queen [1998] HCA 21 (16 June 1998).
[44] (1993) 30 NSWLR 543.
[45] R v PJE (unreported 9 October 1995 NSW CCA).
[46] (HC Special Leave application unreported, 23 November 1995).
[47] Per Dawson J, id at 10.
[48] Kumar and Magner, above n16 at 328–331.
[49] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/hca/transcripts/1998/S67/1.html Transcript of argument in the High Court.
[50] Above n17 at 721–723, see also Smith, J E, “Constitutionality of ‘Rape Shield’ Statute Restricting Use of Evidence of Victim’s Sexual Experiences” 1 ALR 4th 283, 285–300 (1980).
[51] [1990] HCA 51; (1990) 171 CLR 207.