Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 2 to 8 October 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Driver Not Having Proper Control of Vehicle in NSW There’s broad consensus that a Golden Retriever who was snapped speeding was in...
Crime Scene Examinations: Police and Lab Bungles Can Lead to Acquittal
Key to any criminal investigation is the examination of the scene of a suspected crime, as well as the documentation and collection of evidence that has not been contaminated by those who have been there. Here’s how scene of crime...
NSW May Abolish Requirement for Sexual Reassignment to Change Official Gender
The New South Wales Government is considering changing laws in the state which require transgender people to undergo sexual reassignment surgery in order to change the gender on their birth certificates. New South Wales is out of touch Currently, New...
NSW Police Watchdog Recommends Assault Charges for Brutality Against Teen
Hospital staff witnessed a 17-year-old First Nations boy waiting for treatment, whilst in the custody of two NSW police officers in late 2020, make a run for it, and the aggressive response of one officer so disgusted them that they...
Predicted Drug Deaths Begin, as Minns Continues Coalition’s Harm Maximisation Policy
Last Friday, something ominous was in the air in NSW. The October long weekend was kicking in, at the beginning of a predicted long, hot climate-driven summer, and with pandemic restrictions far in the past, it was looking likely the...
A Truly Secular Australia Requires Vigilance, Asserts Secularism Australia’s Michael Dove
Secularism provides that there should be a separation of church and state, which means that those governing shouldn’t be swayed by any particular faith doctrine in drafting laws and policies. And this concept likewise requires that the state shouldn’t be...
Judicial Reviews by the Court of Appeal in New South Wales
Former New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has made clear she won’t stand by allegations of corrupt conduct made against her by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), applying to the state’s Court of Criminal Appeal for a judicial review...
The Voice Debate: Misinformation and Disinformation Run Rife on Social Media
Warnings are emerging about widespread misinformation’ and disinformation regarding the substance and potential effect of the Voice to Parliament in the lead-up to the historic referendum on Saturday, 14 October 2023. The situation once again raises concerns about the use...
Australia Must Introduce a Specialised Atrocity Crime Unit
The photograph that recently emerged of Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe partying at a club in Bali conveys the on the ground reality that criminal justice in this country is increasingly at odds with the concept of justice itself. Roberts-Smith was recently...
Supreme Court Bail Applications in New South Wales
A Supreme Court bail application will normally be made after bail has been refused by a police offer after the arrest and charge process, and thereafter by a magistrate in the Local Court, or layer by a judge in the...
