Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Cross-Examination) (No 2) [2023] FCA 1520 File number: NSD 103 of 2023
Judgment of: LEE J
Date of judgment: 5 December 2023
Catchwords: EVIDENCE – relevance objection to question asked of witness under cross-examination – admissibility of credibility evidence proposed to be adduced in cross-examination – whether evidence proposed to be adduced could substantially affect the assessment of the credibility of the witness pursuant to s 103(1) of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) – direction given that question be allowed
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) Pt 3.7 Div 2, ss 41, 55, 55(1), 55(2)(a), 102, 103, 103(1) Evidence Amendment Act 2008 (Cth) s 3, sch 1, item 46
Cases cited: Jacara Pty Ltd v Perpetual Trustees WA Ltd [2000] FCA 1886; (2000) 106 FCR 51 R v Beattie (1996) 40 NSWLR 155 R v El-Azzi [2004] NSWCCA 455 R v Medich (No 34) [2018] NSWSC 281 R v RPS (unreported, NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, 13 August 1997) R v Slack [2003] NSWCCA 93; (2003) 139 A Crim R 314
Division: General Division
Registry: New South Wales
National Practice Area: Other Federal Jurisdiction
Number of paragraphs: 22
Date of hearing: 5 December 2023
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr S Whybrow SC and Mr M Richardson SC with Mr N Olson and Mr D Helvadjian
Solicitor for the Applicant: Mark O'Brien Legal
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