Medicare Denial Sees Correctives Systems Destroy Prisoner Health to the Detriment of All
Australians are proud of Medicare: the 1984-established scheme that provides free or heavily subsidised universal healthcare to citizens and residents. This is especially so, when compared with the health system in the US, which, without such a scheme, only cares...
NSW Police Force is Brutalising Citizens Without Sufficient Records, Let Alone Accountability
The recent lethal tasering of 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland, who was holding a steak knife and suffering dementia, has again brought into stark relief the use of excessive force by NSW police: an issue that despite its prevalence, tends to gradually subside...
What Is a ‘Concerns Notice’ Under Defamation Laws in New South Wales?
Former Federal Defence Minister, Linda Reynolds, has sent a letter of concern - a pre-emptive signal of potentially launching a defamation suit - against Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek in the latest spin-off lawsuit from the high profile criminal prosecution of...
What Will a Court Consider When Determining Bail in NSW?
The man accused of causing the deaths of several passengers after the bus he was driving overturned in the Hunter Valley last Sunday night has been granted strict conditional bail. 58-year old Brett Button from Maitland in the Hunter Region...
UK Rejects Assange’s Appeal Against Extradition, Despite Global Campaign for Freedom
UK High Court Justice Jonathan Swift last Thursday denied Julian Assange’s July 2022-lodged final appeal against US extradition, which then UK home secretary Priti Patel had greenlighted the month prior. This has meant the WikiLeaks founder has spent another year in...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 June 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: High Range Drink Driving in NSW: The Law, Penalties and Defences Police charged 79 people with drink driving during a two-day blitz in south-west Sydney....
How Do The Best Criminal Lawyers Treat Their Clients?
If you find yourself on the wrong side of the law, you may look to engage the services of a criminal defence lawyer – but how can you be confident you are getting the best possible service from someone you...
Higgins, Wilkinson, Lehrmann: Heroes or Victims?
In years to come, the criminal prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann over ultimately unproven allegations of sexual assault in Parliament House is likely to become a case study for students of law, and may even inform the way in which such...
The History of the Role of Criminal Defence Lawyer in New South Wales
Like many other aspects of the legal system, the role of the criminal defence lawyer has a long and interesting history both in our own nation and in times that predate colonisation. Here’s an outline of the origins of the...
The NSW Police State: Excessive Force, Lethal Assault, Strip Searches and Dog Monitoring
The lethal tasering of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who, suffering dementia, was holding a steak knife and approaching a NSW police senior constable at such a pace with the aid of her walking frame that he felt he had no choice but...
