IN criminal trials, evidence of a person’s past behaviour—especially conduct suggesting dishonesty or a tendency to commit offences —may sometimes be introduced to support or challenge their ...

Anew report commissioned by the Bangladesh Legal Aid & Services Trust (BLAST) and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, provides an insight into the laws regarding use of character evidence about ...

The Queensland Sexual Assault Network, in a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into justice responses to sexual violence, has also called for the consideration of a civil ...

It is indeed a relief to know that section 155(4) of the Evidence Act that allows character evidence in rape cases will perhaps finally be removed. Rights activists had been protesting against the ...

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New South Wales is set to become the first jurisdiction in the country to end the use of good character references in the sentencing of convicted criminals. The government will introduce a bill this ...

The consideration of good character references for accused rapists will now be restricted under major Queensland court reforms, as was recommended earlier this year by a Queensland Sentencing Advisory ...