Sexual Assault Trials Handbook Update 32 published

Update 32 of the Sexual Assault Trials Handbook includes:

[7-000] Relevant literature — legal articles

Two new legal articles have been added addressing recent reforms to tendency and coincidence evidence that commenced on 27 October 2020 and 1 March 2021:

  • P Mizzi and R A Hulme, “Reforming the admissibility of tendency and coincidence evidence in criminal trials”, (2020) 32 JOB 113
  • N Broadbent and D Buchanan, Tendency evidence in 2020”, paper presented at the Legal Aid NSW Conference, November 2020, Sydney.