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Report 17 (1973) - Evidence (Business Records)
Index
| | Report paragraph | Appendix paragraph |
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| Absence of business record, admissibility- |  |  |
| where kept by computer | 32 | B48 |
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| Accounting records, admissibility |  | B66 |
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| Admissions of parties, admissibility |  | B19, E6, 7, 25 |
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| Authenticity of document, proof of |  | E2 |
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| Automatic recording devices (see “Machine Information”) | 34 | B30, 31 |
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| Bankers' books- |  |  |
| admissibility |  | E25 |
| definition |  | B1-3 |
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| Business- |  |  |
| meaning of term | 9 | B8, 9 |
| records of- |  |  |
| examples | 11 |  |
| proofs of evidence as |  | B37-42 |
| statement in record of, meaning | 12, 13 |  |
| statement in record of, admissibility | 27-31, 33-36 |  |
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| Business records exception, need for (see “Recommendation”) | 22-25 |  |
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| Civil proceedings- |  |  |
| recommendation, reasons for | 22-24, 47-55 |  |
| recommendation summarized | 27, 28, 29, 31-36 |  |
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| Computers- |  |  |
| accuracy | 7, 38-46 | D44-56 |
| definition |  | B68 |
| description of |  | D1-74 |
| generally | 3, 9 |  |
| operation and use of |  | D1-74 |
| proof of print-out by |  | B65 |
| records made or kept by | 33 |  |
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| Corroboration, business record as | 35(8) | B86 |
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| Credibility of maker, etc., of hearsay statement | 35(4) | B56-58 |
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| Criminal proceedings- |  |  |
| power to exclude evidence preserved | 35(9) | B87 |
| recommendation, reasons for | 25, 47-52, 56-60 | B44-47 |
| recommendation summarized | 27, 28, 30-36 |  |
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| Cross-examination re business record | 35(1) | B36 |
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| Declaration by deceased person- |  |  |
| made in the course of duty |  | E3 |
| against interest |  | E34 |
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| Derived, meaning of term |  | B10 |
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| Document- |  |  |
| definition of |  | B11 |
| rule against secondary evidence of contents of a |  | B19 |
| statement in a document, meaning of | 12, 13 |  |
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| Exclusion of evidence | 35(2), (3) | B70-78, 87 |
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| Hearsay (see “Rule against Hearsay”). |  |  |
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| Hostile witness |  | B21, 22, 24 |
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| Jury- |  |  |
| hearsay, evaluation of | 19 |  |
| withholding document from deliberations of | 35(7) | B7, 83-85 |
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| Machine Information | 34 | B30, 31 |
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| N.S.W. Bar Association- | 7, 8 |  |
| comments on working paper |  | B49, 52-55, 79-82 |
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| Opinion- |  |  |
| expert | 28 | B14, 29, E16 |
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| Police Force |  | B47 |
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| Private prosecution |  | B47 |
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| Public Documents |  | E5 |
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| Recommendation- |  |  |
| reasons for | 22-25, 47-60 |  |
| relationship to other exceptions | 62 |  |
| summarized | 26-37 |  |
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| Reference, terms of | 1 |  |
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| Rule against hearsay- |  |  |
| defined | 14, 15 |  |
| exceptions- |  |  |
| applicable to business records |  | E1-25 |
| rationale of | 21 |  |
| reasons for the rule | 17-20 |  |
| relationship to relevance | 16 |  |
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| Rules and regulations | 35(10) | B89-94 |
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| Safeguards in exception recommended- |  |  |
| summarized | 35 |  |
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| Statement- |  |  |
| meaning of | 12, 13 | B14 |
| prior, admissibility (see “Opinion”), |  | B20-24 |
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| Terms of reference | 1 |  |
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| Time for orders concerning admissibility |  | B88 |
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| Weight of hearsay evidence | 31, 32, 35(5) | B49-55 |
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| Working paper- |  |  |
| circulation | 6 |  |
| comments on (see N.S.W. Bar Association) | 7, 8 |  |
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