CPC 6.5

Question 1

What is hearsay?

Answer 1

Telling the court what you heard someone else say is hearsay

Question 2

Exceptions to the hearsay rule are?

Answer 2

Hearsay for a non-hearsay purpose
First hand hearsay where the maker is unavailable (s65)
The identity of a person, place or thing (s66) (maker unavailable)
Contemporaneous statements about a person’s health (s66A)
Business records (s69)
Tags and labels (s70)
Telecommunications records (s71)
Admissions (s81)

Question 3

The Hearsay Rule which prohibits people from giving hearsay evidence at court is provided by?

Answer 3

Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s59

Question 4

Hearsay evidence is prohibited to be given as evidence in the coroner’s court? True or false?

Answer 4

False