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Published date01 July 2010
Date01 July 2010
DOI10.1350/ijep.2010.14.3.359
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Law reform
Admissibility of electronic evidence—South Africa
The South African Law Reform Commission has published an Issue Paper
exploring issues relating to the admissibility of electronic evidence in criminal
and civil proceedings. In the case of criminal proceedings, a particular concern is
the relationship between the hearsay rule and Chapter 3 of the Electronic Commu-
nications Transaction Act 2002.
SALRC, Electronic Evidence in Criminal and Civil Proceedings: Admissibility and Related
Issues, Issue Paper 27, June 2010, Project 126: Review of the Law of Evidence,
available at <http://www.justice.gov.za/salrc/ipapers/ip27_pr126_2010.pdf>.
Double jeopardy—Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Law Reform Commission has published a Consultation Paper
advocating relaxation of the double jeopardy rule in exceptional circumstances.
HKLRC, Double Jeopardy, Consultation Paper, March 2010, available at
<http://www.hkreform.gov.hk/en/docs/doublejeopardy_e.pdf>.
The vulnerable witness—United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
The Northern Ireland Law Commission has published a Consultation Paper that
seeks views on whether special protections should be made available for ‘vulner-
able’ witnesses who must testify in civil proceedings.
Northern Ireland Law Commission, Vulnerable Witnesses in Civil Proceedings, Consul-
tation Paper, April 2010, NILC4 (2010), available at <http://www.nilawcommission.
gov.uk/nilc4__2010__vulnerable_witnesses_consultation_paper.pdf>.
doi:10.1350/ijep.2010.14.3.359
274 (2010) 14 E&P 274–280 THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE & PROOF

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