R v Pestano
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Date | 1981 |
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16 cases
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Douglas (Eaton) v R
...in that the adverse witness did not admit when cross-examined by counsel who called her, that her earlier statement was true. In R v Pestano (1981) Crim L.R. 397, it was held that it was permissible to put to an adverse witness his previous statement with a view to giving him an opportunit......
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Woolwich Equitable Building Society v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
...see Driscoll v. R. (1977) 51 A.L.J.R. 731 at p. 740 per Gibbs J., with whom Barwick C.J. agreed at p. 734. Thus in R. v. Pestano [1981] Crim. L.R. 397 it was held by the Court of Appeal that the credibility of evidence given by a witness inconsistent with a statement previously made by him ......
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Yuen Chun Yii v Public Prosecutor
...context, that an application to treat a witness as hostile should be made as soon as it was obvious that he was hostile: R v Pestano [1981] Crim LR 397. The same principle may apply here. On being referred to [para ] 25 of his CPIB statement, Chia had not adopted it without qualification. I......
- Abdul Kudus bin Japlus; PP
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