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» » 66A Exception - contemporaneous statements about a person's health etc.
2009-07-05

66A Exception - contemporaneous statements about a person's health etc.

66A. Exception - contemporaneous statements about a person's health etc.

The hearsay rule does not apply to evidence of a previous representation made by a person if the representation was a contemporaneous representation about the person's health, feelings, sensations, intention, knowledge or state of mind.


This exception retains statements of intention such as that in Walton v R (1989) 166 CLR 283.

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