Biggs and Biggs

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[2014] FamCA 1033

13 November 2014


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Biggs and Biggs [2014] FamCA 1033 [2014] FamCA 1033 13 November 2014

CaseChat Overview and Summary

In the matter of *Biggs and Biggs*, heard before Watts J, the court considered an application concerning the admissibility of certain evidence in family law proceedings. The dispute centred on objections raised by one of the parties to parts of the evidence provided by the children's treating psychologist and the father's treating psychologist.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether specific portions of the treating psychologists' evidence, identified by highlighting in pink and purple within Exhibit 23, should be admitted into evidence, or if the objections to these parts of the evidence should be upheld.

Watts J determined that certain highlighted portions of Exhibit 23 were admissible. However, the court upheld the objections to other parts of the evidence given by the children's treating psychologist and the father's treating psychologist, indicating a selective approach to the admission of the tendered evidence based on legal principles of relevance and admissibility.

Consequently, the court ordered that those parts of Exhibit 23 highlighted in pink and purple be admitted into evidence. All other objections to the evidence of the children’s treating psychologist and the father’s treating psychologist were upheld.
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Areas of Law

  • Family Law

  • Evidence

  • Civil Procedure

Legal Concepts

  • Expert Evidence

  • Privilege

  • Procedural Fairness

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