The Netflix Access Scam: How Did the Mastermind Do it?
A Sydney IT professional is facing prison time after pleading guilty to criminal charges involving a scam that made him almost a million dollars over a three-year period. Software developer Evan McMahon’s sophisticated scheme was originally uncovered by the FBI,...
Johnny Depp Vows to Appeal Findings of Domestic Violence
In the weeks after Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of sexual assault charges, Hollywood vowed to change its misogynistic culture. Now, it would seem that a significant shift, supported at the highest levels of the industry, is beginning to occur....
US Election: Accusations of Fraud and Legal Challenges In a Divided Nation
In an extraordinary attempt to snatch victory from what appears to be the jaws of defeat, United States President Donald Trump has demanded that the counting of postal votes cease, made repeated claims of electoral fraud and mounted legal challenges...
The Offence of Child Sexual Assault in New South Wales
A 65 year old man has been arrested and charged with the sexual assault of a boy in Sydney more than 30 years ago. NSW Police allege the man sexually assaulted a boy, then aged between 10 and 14 years...
The Defence of Mental Illness in New South Wales
A New South Wales man who killed his baby girl by throwing her into the Tweed River has been found not guilty of murder by reason of mental illness. Justice Helen Wilson said in her special verdict in the Supreme...
Calls for Police Officers to Stop Strip-Searching Kids
In the past year, NSW police officers have strip-searched 96 children and more than 20 percent of them were Indigenous. In one case, the child was only 11 years old. New figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws also show...
AFP Backs Down on Prosecuting Journalist Over ‘Afghan Files’
After months of speculation, the AFP has confirmed that it will not be charging ABC journalist Dan Oakes in relation to reports of atrocities committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, but so far remains intent on prosecuting his source, former...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers Criminal Law Scholarship 2020
Law students in their penultimate or final year of studies are being encouraged to apply for the Sydney Criminal Lawyers annual scholarship. The Sydney Criminal Lawyers Criminal Law Scholarship, which was awarded for the first time in 2019, is intended...
What are the Powers of Citizens’ Arrest in New South Wales?
The actions of two Perth men, who have been dubbed the ‘Perth Pedo Hunters’, have put a 61-year-old man behind bars, after the men posed as a fictitious 14-year old boy named ‘Jarrod’, engaged in sexualised conversations with the alleged...
NSW Premier’s Office Accused of Corruption
The potentially unlawful shredding of documents relating to $252 million in grants could finally be the nail in the coffin of New South Wales’ Premier Gladys Berejiklian, The story so far A NSW Parliamentary Committee investigating the $252 million Stronger...
