5 May 2015
KEAST v MCMASTER AND ORS [2015] NZHC 932
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 932
- Court
- High Court
Although the affidavit evidence of the son (Maley) was superficially relevant to propensity to be abusive or manipulative, material differences in the alleged conduct, the age of events, strong dispute and lack of corroboration meant admitting it would require extensive credibility findings and a 'trial within a trial'; under s8 the probative value did not outweigh the risk of needlessly prolonging the proceeding, so the propensity evidence and replies were inadmissible.