Relevant literature — legal articles

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Evidence

Reforming the admissibility of tendency and coincidence evidence in criminal trialsP Mizzi and R A Hulme
Tendency evidence in 2020N Broadbent and D Buchanan
Tendency, coincidence and joint trialsT Gartelmann
Update on admissibility and use of tendency evidence in child sexual assault mattersS Bouveng
Jury views of psychological expert evidence about child sexual abuseJ Goodman-Delahunty and A Cossins
Children’s champions/witnesses intermediariesP Cooper
Children’s competence to testify in Australian courtsS Brubacher et al
Legislative facts and s 144 — a contemporary problemP McClellan and A Doyle
Expert evidence to counteract jury misconceptions about consent in sexual assault casesJ Horan and J Goodman-Delahunty
Intermediaries, vulnerable people and the quality of evidenceP Cooper and M Mattison
The application of the Uniform Evidence Law to delay in child sexual assault trialsA Cossins and J Goodman-Delahunty
The law on consent in sexual assault is changingP Mizzi, the Honourable Justice Robert Beech-Jones
Myths, misconceptions and mixed messages: an early look at the new tendency and coincidence evidence provisionsD Hamer

The judicial role

Judicial activism in child sexual assault casesR Ellis
Jury directions in sexual assault trialsB Neild
What does s 41 of the Evidence Act mean to you as a judicial officer?L Babb
Section 41 of the Evidence Act 1995C O’Connor

Procedural considerations

Procedure in prescribed sexual offence casesR Tupman
Trying delays: forensic disadvantage in child sexual assault trialsD Hamer
Special measures in child sexual abuse trialsE Lee et al
Oaths, affirmations and declarationsfrom the Equality Before the Law Bench Book
Evaluation of the child sexual offence evidence pilotJ Cashmore and R Shackel

Further reading

Further reading — legal

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