Basha Inquiry
A pre-trial hearing/voir dire where the accused can cross-examine any new witness produced by the prosecution after the committal, if they would otherwise be “prejudiced” R v Basha (1989) 39 A Crim R. 337.
Note test in R v Sandford (1994) 72 A Crim R 160, 191: the accused has to demonstrate that there is 'at least a serious risk of an unfair trial if the accused is not given the opportunity to do what otherwise would have been done at the committal proceedings, that the procedures is not used inappropriately in order to try out risky questions which may otherwise prove to be embarrassing in the presence of the jury, and provided that such an examination is not permitted to interrupt the trial itself significantly.'
Note test in R v Sandford (1994) 72 A Crim R 160, 191: the accused has to demonstrate that there is 'at least a serious risk of an unfair trial if the accused is not given the opportunity to do what otherwise would have been done at the committal proceedings, that the procedures is not used inappropriately in order to try out risky questions which may otherwise prove to be embarrassing in the presence of the jury, and provided that such an examination is not permitted to interrupt the trial itself significantly.'