Australia Leading Case uncategorized

Chamberlain v The Queen (No 2)

[1984] HCA 7; (1984) 153 CLR 521

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1984

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

In a case resting on circumstantial evidence the jury must be satisfied of guilt beyond reasonable doubt on the whole of the evidence; intermediate facts that are an indispensable link in a chain of reasoning toward guilt must themselves be proved beyond reasonable doubt.

Area of Law

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Miller v The Queen [2016] HCA 30; (2016) 259 CLR 380 (Miller v The Queen; Smith v The Queen; Presley v DPP (SA))

Vines v ASIC [2007] NSWCA 75; (2007) 73 NSWLR 451

Ringrow Pty Ltd v BP Australia Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 71; (2005) 224 CLR 656

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