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- M v R or M v The Queen is an Australian legal case decided in the High Court. It is an important authority in the field of criminal law, for the circumstances in which it is permissible for a jury's guilty verdict to be overturned by a judge. The case involved an appeal against criminal conviction by a father, against allegations of sexual assault and rape by his daughter. His appeal was allowed by majority. (en)
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- (en)
- dissenting (en)
- appeal allowed (en)
- even making full allowance for the manner in which gave their evidence, the matters which cast doubt upon the prosecution case ... remain unanswered (en)
- the correct test should be whether a reasonable jury must have had a reasonable doubt, this was not the case (en)
- partial concurrence (en)
- no facts are present in this case that merit a court's assessment prevailing over the jury (en)
- appeal on intercourse counts ought be allowed, while the sexual assault counts ought be retried (en)
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- M v R or M v The Queen is an Australian legal case decided in the High Court. It is an important authority in the field of criminal law, for the circumstances in which it is permissible for a jury's guilty verdict to be overturned by a judge. The case involved an appeal against criminal conviction by a father, against allegations of sexual assault and rape by his daughter. His appeal was allowed by majority. (en)
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