Makin v Attorney General for New South Wales | |
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Court | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Full case name | (1) John Makin, and (2) Sarah Makin v Attorney General for New South Wales |
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Citations | [1893] UKPC 56, [1894] AC 57 |
Case history | |
Prior actions | R v Makin [1893] NSWLawRp 28, (1893) 14 LR (NSW) 1 |
Appealed from | Supreme Court (Full Court) |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Lord Herschell LC, Lord Watson, Lord Halsbury, Lord Ashbourne, Lord Macnaghten, Lord Morris, Lord Shand |
Case opinions | |
Decision by | Lord Herschell LC |
Keywords | |
similar fact evidence |
Makin v Attorney General for New South Wales[1] is a significant 1893 decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council which gave rise to the modern common law rule of similar fact evidence.[2][3]