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Key decisions

  • Wild v Meduri [2024] NSWCA 230
  • Shortland v R [2024] NSWCCA 174

Wild v Meduri [2024] NSWCA 230

Evidence of conversations – direct speech – civil cases in criminal matters

This is a rare civil case which has important consequences for criminal lawyers. In the shadow of a debate playing out over whether conversations in affidavits need to be in the first person or not – ideally they should but it depends on the witness’ memory – the NSW Court of Appeal has also suggested witnesses giving evidence in Local and District Court criminal trials should not be forced into strict adherence to first-person accounts of conversation.

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