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Remote hearings - practice and learning from Australia and New Zealand: research findings
Paper 1 in a series of 3 short ‘intelligence’ Research Findings papers on the use of remote hearings across jurisdictions during the 2020 pandemic – Australia and New Zealand.
Preferences
Some commentators suggest that keeping people physically distant from each other using remote hearings can be preferred by victims and witnesses as, for example, it can save them the trauma of being in the same room as accused[13].
On the other hand, some victims may prefer to be in court and in New Zealand (and other jurisdictions) one commentator points out they have the right to confront the defendant and to "observe the exercise of justice"[14].
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