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Sophie Anderson and Caitlin Akthar discuss key High Court cases and their implications in criminal law.

In this bumper episode, Sophie Anderson and Caitlin Akthar talk you through the new must-know High Court authority on tendency, The King v AR [2026] HCA 10; how to stop unfair Crown questioning of accused in McGuire v R [2021]NSWCCA 287 and [redacted]; the admissibility of expert certificates in JS v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)[2026] NSWCA 58, and whether the strength of the Crown case affects the utilitarian discount in SH v R [2026]NSWCCA 35. 1. The King v AR [2026] HCA 10 2. McGuire v R [2021] NSWCCA 287 3. [REDACTED] 4. JS v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2026] NSWCA 58 5. SH v R [2026] NSWCCA 35 Palmer v The Queen (1998) 193 CLR 1

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