When Can Police Use a Taser in New South Wales?
NSW’s State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad are investigating a case where a New South Wales man died after being tasered and pepper sprayed by police. Two police officers responded to a callout to 27-year old James Peachy’s home in Gunnedah...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 17 to 23 May 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What is an Unlawful Detention? Four men are being prosecuted over the alleged kidnapping of former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill. Click here to read the...
Collaery Challenges Secrecy of His Whistleblower Trial
Australian barrister Bernard Collaery continues to challenge his unnecessary prosecution, which is proceeding on the whim of the Morrison government. This time, the former ACT attorney general has been railing against the secrecy provisions the nation’s ex-chief lawmaker Christian Porter...
Criminal Justice Policy is Key to Addressing Overincarceration of First Nations Kids
A recently released NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) report outlines that over the five years ending in December 2019, there was a pronounced decline in the average number of First Nations youths in custody - down from...
What Happens If I Don’t Pay a Fine?
Sheriffs have attended cancer conwoman Belle Gibson’s home after the court issued an order in an effort to recoup fines of more than $500,000. This is the second time the Victorian sheriff’s office has executed a warrant on Ms Gibson’s...
When Can a Child’s Case be Hearing in an Adult Court in New South Wales?
Barney Wakes-Miller parents have been campaigning tirelessly for modifications to cars and changes to road rules, since he was killed in a car accident in July last year. His 17 year old friend, a P-plater, is accused to have been...
What is Unconscionable Conduct in Australia?
Telstra has been ordered to pay a $50 million penalty for selling postpaid mobile phone contracts to more than 100 customers who couldn’t understand the contracts, or pay for the plans. The Federal Court of Australia has ordered Australia’s largest...
New Government Laws Permit Indefinite Detention and Reversal of Refugee Status
In introducing the Coalition’s latest piece of migration law reform, current immigration minister Alex Hawke noted the changes clarify that the removal power in the Migration Act 1958 (the Act) doesn’t require the return of refugees to their country of...
The Offence of Having Custody of a Knife in a Public Place or School
The New South Wales Government is currently reviewing a legal exception which allowed a New South Wales teenager to be carrying a knife, which he allegedly used to stab a fellow student at a Sydney High School. Under section 11C...
Inmates Continue to Be Denied Medicare: An Interview With NSPTRP’s Connie Georgatos
Australian state and territory governments love to invest in building further prison capacity, but they tend to draw the line at funding adequate on-site healthcare for prisoners. This means that those being denied their liberty at order of the courts,...
