Gonzalez v The Queen
Court of Appeal
Maxwell P, Emerton and Sifris JJA
10/06/2022
[2022] VSCA 110
Criminal law — Evidence — Admissibility — Terms of compromise — Admissions contained in settlement deed prepared in connection with unrelated civil proceedings — Tender of deed at criminal trial — Whether settlement deed wrongly admitted — ‘Without prejudice’ privilege — Scope of s 131 Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) — Whether s 131 extends common law ‘without prejudice’ privilege to cover finalised settlement agreements — Evidence Act 2008 (Vic), s 131
Evidence — Privilege — Settlement negotiations — Whether Evidence Act extends common law ‘without prejudice’ privilege to cover finalised settlement agreements — Evidence Act 2008 (Vic), s 131
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