State of New South Wales v Holt (No 7) [2023] NSWSC 994

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Holt (No 7) [2023] NSWSC 994 Hearing dates: 11 August 2023 Date of orders: 11 August 2023 Decision date: 11 August 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: The copy of the report of Dr Emily Corner and Dr Helen Taylor annexed to Ms Reynolds affidavit affirmed on 22 May 2023 is admitted into evidence Catchwords: EVIDENCE — objection made to 'Corner Report' annexed to a solicitor affidavit — admitted into evidence — competing version of the science — question one of weight not admissibility Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 136 Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ramsey v Watson (1961) 108 CLR 642; [1961] HCA 65 Texts Cited: E Corner and H Taylor, Testing the Reliability, Validity, and Equity of Terrorism Risk Assessment Instruments (ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, 2022) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Michael James Holt (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P McDonald SC with K Curry (Plaintiff) P Coady (Defendant)

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