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R v Lyons and Lyons (No 2)

R v Lyons and Lyons (No 2)

Case [2017] VSC 702

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AGLC: R v Lyons and Lyons (No 2) [2017] VSC 702
Case: [2017] VSC 702
Decision Date: 21 November 2017

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R v Lyons and Lyons (No 2) [2017] VSC 702

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Director of Public Prosecutions v Lyons and Lyons (Ruling No 3) [2018] VSC 224

Cases Citing This Decision

R v Lyons (Subpoena leave application) [2018] VSC 256
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…The summary of the prosecution opening is set out in [8]–[33] of R v Lyons & Lyons (No 2) .[1] [1][2017] VSC 702R.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Lyons and Lyons (Ruling No 3) [2018] VSC 224
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…he Evidence Act , and the common law discretion, pending further submissions concerning that aspect of the objection.[1] [1] R v Lyons & Lyons [No 2] [2017] VSC 702R (‘Ruling’).…

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Smith v The Queen [2017] HCA 19
Citation 1

…ld that the evidence is relevant if satisfied that a reasonable jury could properly find such a logical connection.[13] [5] Smith v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 650, 654 [7] (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Gummow and Hayne JJ). [6]Ibid. [7]In R v Kotzmann [1999] 2 VR 123, 128–9 [15], Callaway JA (with whom Phillips CJ and Batt JA…
IMM v The Queen [2016] HCA 14
Citation 2

…d Hayne JJ). [11] Lithgow City Council v Jackson (2011) 244 CLR 352, 365 [26] (French CJ, Heydon and Bell JJ). [12] IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300, 312 [39] (French CJ, Kiefel, Bell and Keane JJ). [13]Australian Law Reform Commission, Interim Report on Evidence , No 26, (1988) vol 1, 641; R v Clark (2001) 123 A C…
Lithgow City Council v Jackson [2011] HCA 36
Citation 3

…[11]; Smith v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 650, 653 [6] (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Gummow and Hayne JJ). [11] Lithgow City Council v Jackson (2011) 244 CLR 352, 365 [26] (French CJ, Heydon and Bell JJ). [12] IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300, 312 [39] (French CJ, Kiefel, Bell and Keane JJ). [13]Australian Law Reform Commissi…
Washer v Western Australia [2007] HCA 48
Citation 4

…. [8] R v Kotzmann [1999] 2 VR 123, 129 [16] (Callaway JA with whom Phillips CJ and Batt JA agreed). [9] Washer v Western Australia (2007) 234 CLR 492, 498 [5] (Gleeson CJ, Heydon and Crennan JJ). [10] Harrington-Smith v Western Australia [No 2] (2003) 130 FCR 424, 426 [11]; Smith v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 650, 653…
R v Debs & Roberts [2005] VSCA 66
Citation 5

…urance Co of New York v Moss [14] Griffith CJ said [14](1906) 4 CLR 311, 317 cited in Plomp v The Queen (1963) 110 CLR 234, 249 (Menzies J); R v Debs [2005] VSCA 66 [243] (Warren CJ, Winneke P and Vincent JA). Evidence of motive is of itself, of course, in the nature of circumstantial evidence as to the main ques…
Harrington-Smith on behalf of the Wongatha People v State of Western Australia [2002] FCA 871
Citation 6

…Western Australia (2007) 234 CLR 492, 498 [5] (Gleeson CJ, Heydon and Crennan JJ). [10] Harrington-Smith v Western Australia [No 2] (2003) 130 FCR 424, 426 [11]; Smith v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 650, 653 [6] (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Gummow and Hayne JJ). [11] Lithgow City Council v Jackson (2011) 244 CLR 352, 365 [26] (…
Smith v The Queen [2001] HCA 50
Citation 7

…sue’, he should hold that the evidence is relevant if satisfied that a reasonable jury could properly find such a logical connection.[13] [5] Smith v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 650, 654 [7] (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Gummow and Hayne JJ). [6]Ibid. [7]In R v Kotzmann [1999] 2 VR 123, 128–9 [15], Callaway JA (with whom Phillips CJ…
R v Kotzmann [1999] VSCA 27
Citation 8

…nection.[13] [5] Smith v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 650, 654 [7] (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Gummow and Hayne JJ). [6]Ibid. [7]In R v Kotzmann [1999] 2 VR 123, 128–9 [15], Callaway JA (with whom Phillips CJ and Batt JA agreed) adopted this expression to refer to facts that were not an element of the offence rather…
Shepherd v The Queen [1990] HCA 56
Citation 9

…ential reasoning; and the latter may suggest that the relevant burden may never be beyond reasonable doubt. Cf Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573, 579 (Dawson J). [8] R v Kotzmann [1999] 2 VR 123, 129 [16] (Callaway JA with whom Phillips CJ and Batt JA agreed). [9] Washer v Western Australia (2007) 234 CLR 492,…
Plomp v The Queen [1963] HCA 44
Citation 10

…(c) In Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York v Moss [14] Griffith CJ said [14](1906) 4 CLR 311, 317 cited in Plomp v The Queen (1963) 110 CLR 234, 249 (Menzies J); R v Debs [2005] VSCA 66 [243] (Warren CJ, Winneke P and Vincent JA). Evidence of motive is of itself, of course, in the nature of circumstantial evidence a…
Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York v Moss [1906] HCA 70
Citation 11

…(c) In Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York v Moss [14] Griffith CJ said [14](1906) 4 CLR 311, 317 cited in Plomp v The Queen (1963) 110 CLR 234, 249 (Menzies J); R v Debs [2005] VSCA 66 [243] (Warren CJ, Winneke P and Vincent JA). Evidence of motive is of itself, of course, in the nature of circumstantial evidence…
DPP v Paulino (Ruling No 1) [2017] VSC 343
Citation 12 (Para 1)

…kill his wife. In this case, there is no connection between the deceased and the purported surrogacy arrangement or guardianship arrangement. [2][2017] VSC 343.…

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