Van Beelen v The QueenCitation:[2017] HCA 48Before:Bell, Gageler, Keane, Nettle, Edelman JJDate:08 Nov 2017Case Number:A8/2017Read more

Van Beelen v The QueenCitation:[2017] HCA 48Before:Bell, Gageler, Keane, Nettle, Edelman JJDate:08 Nov 2017Case Number:A8/2017Read more

The court held that the new expert evidence was fresh, compelling, substantial, and highly probative in the context of the issues in dispute at trial, and that its admission was in the interests of justice as there was a significant possibility that a jury acting reasonably would have acquitted had the new evidence been before it.

Parties
Appellant: Unknown (Appellant); Respondent: Unknown (Respondent)
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
08 November 2017
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Second or Subsequent Appeal
Outcome
appeal allowed
Legal Topics
Appeal Against Conviction, Fresh Evidence, Miscarriage of Justice, Expert Evidence
Criminal Law Appeal Against Conviction Fresh Evidence Miscarriage of Justice Expert Evidence

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Parties

Unknown (Appellant)

Appellant

Unknown (Respondent)

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal Appeal / Second or Subsequent Appeal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether new evidence is fresh and compelling
  2. 2 Whether new evidence is substantial and highly probative in the context of issues in dispute at trial
  3. 3 Whether it is in the interests of justice to consider new evidence on appeal

Ratio Decidendi

The court held that the new expert evidence was fresh, compelling, substantial, and highly probative in the context of the issues in dispute at trial, and that its admission was in the interests of justice as there was a significant possibility that a jury acting reasonably would have acquitted had the new evidence been before it.

Court Disposition

appeal allowed

Orders

  • conviction quashed
  • new trial ordered