Animal Cruelty to a Mouse
26-year-old Bradley Wilson was convicted of aggravated cruelty after nearly biting a mouse in half. Wilson put the live mouse into his mouth, pulled off its tail, bit down on it and the spat it to the ground. The little...
Another Video of Police Brutality Prompts Internal Review
The Queensland Police Force will undergo an internal review following multiple incidents of police brutality, a number of which have been documented in our past blogs. The incidents have led to the appointment of a senior internal police investigator to...
Lawyers Who Engage in Fraud
The Legal Aid Commission plays an integral role in the NSW justice system; providing disadvantaged people with legal advice and representation across the state. Part of the Commission’s role is to assign cases to private law firms, who represent the...
Five Fascinating High Court Justices
Since our High Court was established in 1903, we have had 12 Chief Justices and 42 Justices - all with interesting stories to tell. Here, we attempt to narrow the list down to just five of the most fascinating. 1....
How Reliable is Facial Recognition Evidence?
There have been numerous examples of where the use of ‘expert’ evidence has led to miscarriages of justice. And identification evidence is notoriously unreliable, resulting in the convictions of hundreds of innocent people in the US alone. But what about...
Would You Buy a Property that was the Scene of a Murder?
If you’re a fan of Channel Nine’s reality show The Block, you may have heard the grisly rumours about the latest property to be developed. It has emerged that the former hotel, located in South Yarra in Victoria, was the...
Oxfam and Medical Teams International: Lifelines for Syrian refugees
It’s been said many times that one death is a tragedy, but one million deaths is a statistic. Once again, the saying was proved true when the image of a toddler’s body washed up in Turkey was published. The little...
Should Police Pursuits be Banned?
A coronial inquest has found that police breached their own emergency driving policies during the fatal police pursuit of 29-year-old Aaron Genovese in 2012. Mr Genovese was believed to have been riding a motorbike at well over the 80km speed...
Queensland Appoints First Female Supreme Court Chief Justice
The Supreme Court of Queensland has appointed its first-ever female Chief Justice, following the controversial appointment and resignation of Tim Carmody earlier this year. Catherine Holmes SC is a highly experienced lawyer, starting her eminent career as a Crown Prosecutor...
Can My Breath Analysis Results Be Thrown Out of Court?
Most people who return a positive breath test will plead guilty and take steps towards securing the most lenient penalty, often seeking to avoid a criminal conviction and licence disqualification. Those steps might include getting an experienced lawyer, completing a...
