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Home » Publications » Uniform Evidence Law (ALRC Report 102)

9. The Opinion Rule and its Exceptions

 

In this section:
  • Introduction
  • Lay opinion
  • Opinions based on specialised knowledge
  • Opinion on an ultimate issue
  • Opinion on matters of common knowledge
  • Expert opinion regarding children’s development and behaviour
  • Expert opinion regarding other categories of witness
‹ Hearsay in civil proceedings up Introduction ›
Uniform Evidence Law (ALRC Report 102)

Table of Contents:

  • Terms of Reference
  • Executive Summary
  • List of Recommendations
  • 1. Introduction to the Inquiry
  • 2. The Uniform Evidence Acts
  • 3. Understanding the Uniform Evidence Acts
  • 4. Competence and Compellability
  • 5. Examination and Cross-Examination of Witnesses
  • 6. Documentary Evidence
  • 7. The Hearsay Rule and Section 60
  • 8. The Hearsay Rule — First-hand and More Remote Hearsay Exceptions
  • 9. The Opinion Rule and its Exceptions
    • Introduction
    • Lay opinion
    • Opinions based on specialised knowledge
    • Opinion on an ultimate issue
    • Opinion on matters of common knowledge
    • Expert opinion regarding children’s development and behaviour
    • Expert opinion regarding other categories of witness
  • 10. Admissions
  • 11. Tendency and Coincidence Evidence
  • 12. The Credibility Rule and its Exceptions
  • 13. Identification Evidence
  • 14. Privileges: Extension to Pre-Trial Matters and Client Legal Privilege
  • 15. Privilege: Other Privileges
  • 16. Discretionary and Mandatory Exclusions
  • 17. Judicial Notice
  • 18. Comments, Warnings and Directions to the Jury
  • 19. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Laws and Customs
  • 20. Matters Outside the Uniform Evidence Acts
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