Court Won’t Charge Presenters With Contempt, But Will Instead Ask Them For Undertakings
By now, most of the nation knows the story: Channel 10 presenter Lisa Wilkinson spoke glowingly of Parliament House sexual assault complainant Brittany Higgins during her Logies acceptance speech on 19 June 2022, causing the trial of defendant Bruce Lehrmann...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 20 to 26 June 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Police Accused of Covering Up Killing of Mentally Ill Man The NSW Police Commissioner appealed to the Supreme Court to suppress evidence relating to...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 13 to 19 June 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What are the Defences to Defamation in New South Wales? The recently-introduced defence of ‘public interest’ provides some protection to those who criticise politicians and...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 6 to 12 June 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Australia: The Defamation Capital of the World Those who bring defamation cases in the US are required to prove a long list of matters. But...
Has the Depp v Heard Trial Damaged the #MeToo Movement?
The high-profile defamation trial between Johnny Depp and his former wife Amber Heard saw the dirty laundry of each party aired to the world – the former’s alleged drug and alcohol abuse, disturbing text messages and destruction of property, and...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 30 May to 5 June 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Biloela Family Will Return to Their Community, But for How Long? The new government has kept its promise to return the Tamil family to Queensland,...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 23 to 29 May 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Australia Has Spoken: Greenslides, Triumphant Independents and Far-Right Rejection Australians have turned to independents and minority parties who call for climate action and a federal...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 16 to 22 May 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: COVID Restrictions Have Eased, But the Impact on Mental Health Continues There has been a 25% increase in the reporting of mental health issues despite...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 9 to 15 May 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Biloela Family: Political Pawns in the Upcoming Federal Election The Labor Leader has promised to return the family to their Queensland community, while the Deputy...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 2 to 8 May 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Court Dismisses Application to Halt Brittany Higgins Sexual Assault Trial The defendant’s application for a permanent stay of proceedings due to adverse publicity was refused....
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