User:Bofn8828/sandbox/The Briginshaw Principle

The common law has two established standards of proof, in civil cases the cause of action must be proved on the balance of probabilities whilst criminal cases have a higher threshold, requiring that cause of action be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. In Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34; (1938) 60 CLR 336 at 361–362 Justice Dixon applied a third rationale, requiring that serious civil cases be proved...