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R v Nygaard [1989] SCC CanLII 6; [1989] 2 SCR 1074
R v Tatton [2015] SCC 33
R v Zora 2020 SCC 14; [2020] 2 SCR 3
Sansregret v The Queen [1985] SCC CanLII 79; [1985] 1 SCR 570
New Zealand
Cameron v The Queen [2018] 1 NZLR 161
Griffin v R [2022] NZHC 2325
Hilder v Police [1989] NZHC 30; [1989] 4 CRNZ 232
R v Harney [1987] NZCA 86; [1987] 2 NZLR 576
R v Howe [1982] 1 NZLR 618
United Kingdom
Attorney General’s Reference No 3 of 2003 [2004] EWCA Crim 868; [2005] QB 73
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v Caldwell [1982] AC 341
Haughton v Smith [1975] AC 476
R v Brady [2006] EWCA Crim 2413
R v Cunningham (1957) 2 QB 396
R v G [2003] UKHL 50; [2004] 1 AC 1034
R v Hyam [1975] AC 55
R v Lillis (1972) QB 236
R v Mowatt (1968) QB 421
R v Stephenson [1979] QB 695
United States
Borden v United States 141 S.Ct. 1817 (2021)
People v Hall 999 P.2d 207 (Colo, 2000)
Legislation
Victoria
Children and Justice Legislation Amendment (Youth Justice Reform) Act 2017 (Vic)
Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 (Vic)
Co-Operatives National Law Application Act 2013 (Vic)
COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 (Vic)
Crimes Act 1958 (Vic)
Crimes (Amendment) Act 1985 (Vic)
Crimes Amendment (Gross Violence Offences) Act 2013 (Vic)
Crimes Amendment (Non-Fatal Strangulation) Bill 2023 (Vic)
Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (Vic)
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic)
Explanatory Memoranda,
– Crimes Amendment (Abolition of Defensive Homicide) Bill 2014 (Vic)
– Crimes Amendment (Integrity in Sports) Bill 2013 (Vic)
– Crimes and Domestic Animals Acts Amendment (Offences and Penalties) Bill 2011 (Vic)
– Crimes (Contamination of Goods) Bill 2005 (Vic)
– Crimes (Money Laundering) Bill 2003 (Vic)
– Crimes (Property Damage and Computer Offences) Bill 2003 (Vic)
– Dangerous Goods Amendment (Penalty Reform) Bill 2019 (Vic)
– Marine (Domestic Commercial Vessel National Law Application) Bill 2013 (Vic)
Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic)
Firearms Act 1996 (Vic)
Heavy Vehicle National Law (Victoria)
Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Act 2019 (Vic)
Justice Legislation Amendment (Trial by Judge Alone and Other Matters) Act 2022 (Vic)
Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendment Act 2018 (Vic)
Marine (Domestic Commercial Vessel National Law Application) Act 2013 (Vic)
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic)
Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic)
Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic)
Sentencing Amendment (Emergency Workers) Act 2014 (Vic)
Sentencing and Other Acts (Amendment) Act 1997 (Vic)
Sentencing (Community Correction Order) and Other Acts Amendment Act 2016 (Vic)
Serious Offenders Act 2018 (Vic)
Summary Offences Act 1966 (Vic)
Commonwealth
Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996 (Cth)
Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth)
Explanatory Memorandum, Criminal Code Bill 1994 (Cth)
Other Australian jurisdictions
Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)
Crimes Amendment Act 2007 (NSW)
Crimes Amendment (Reckless Infliction of Harm) Act 2012 (NSW)
Criminal Code 2002 (ACT)
Criminal Code Act 1983 (NT)
Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA)
International
Canada
Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46, (Canada)
New Zealand
Crimes Act 1961 (NZ)
Crimes Bill 1989 (NZ)
Crimes Bill 1989 (NZ) (Explanatory Note No 152–1)
Sentencing Act 2002 (NZ)
United Kingdom
Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (UK) 24 & 25 Vict, c.100
Other
New South Wales, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 25 September 2007, 2257
(Mr Collier, Parliamentary Secretary)
Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 22 October 1985, 1039–1041,
(Mr Mathews, Minister for Police and Emergency Services)
Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 25 March 2003, 525–526
(Mr Hulls, Attorney-General)
Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 29 April 2003, 1099–1100
(Mr McIntosh, Member for Kew), 1105 (Mr Lupton, Member for Prahran)
Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 18 November 2004, 1764
(Mr Hulls, Minister for WorkCover)
Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 13 December 2012, 5550-5552
(Mr Clark, Attorney-General)
Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 19 October 2023, 3932
(Mr Carbines, Minister for Police, Minister for Crime Prevention, Minister for Racing)
Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, 2 December 2003, 2036
(Mr Baxter, Member for the North Eastern Province), 2036–2038 (Ms Mikakos,
Member for Jika Jika Province)
Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, 7 May 2009, 2197 (Mr Jennings,
Minister for Environment and Climate Change)
Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, 25 June 2014, 2130
(Mr O’Donohue, Minister for Liquor and Gaming Regulation)