Criminal Law

The Brittany Higgins Saga: Bruce Lehrmann Fails to Clear His Name in Defamation Trial

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Despite not being convicted of any sexual offences, Bruce Lehrmann has now been labelled by a judge of the Federal Court of Australia as more likely than not to be a sexual offender by a following his defamation trial against...

The Pro-Palestine Gadigal-Sydney Ceasefire March Is 27 Weeks Strong: In Photos

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Protest crowds have a life of their own: each one unique, with something of a character and personality of which you can speak. There have been many significant protests to have gathered on unceded Gadigal land, amongst the colonial statues...

A15 Sydney Targets Weapons Supplier Thales, as Governments Continue to Support Israel’s Genocide

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Three pro-Palestinian activists locked on at the front entrance of the Rydalmere site of weapons manufacturing company Thales early Monday morning, to shut down its operations in an effort to harm the global supply chain that’s providing weapons to the...

Albanese Is Turning Australia into a Nuclear Waste Dump: Interview with Senator Shoebridge

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The AUKUS debacle is an issue that never stops giving. And from the time former prime minister Scott Morrison dropped the arrangement on us in September 2021, the agreement between the US, the UK and Australia has had something of...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 8 to 14 April 2024

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In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Strong Political Resolve on Display at the Six Month Gadigal/Sydney Gaza Genocide Protest: In Photos We were on the ground for the rally that marked...

Federal Government Placates Religious Zealots to the Detriment of LGBTQ Students

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Archconservative PM Anthony Albanese is continuing to do his utmost to out nasty his predecessors by following the conservative handbook originally written by them, as the Labor leader shirks on promised reforms to laws discriminating against LGBTQ students and teachers...

Federal Court Dismisses Case Against Qatar Airways Over Strip-Searches

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The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed two sets of civil proceedings brought by five Australian women who were verbally chastised and strip-searched at Doha airport in 2020. Although the decisions are disappointing for the women and much of the...

Prosecuting the Global North Over Gaza Continues, as Germany Faces Genocide Complicity

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To have South Africa haul up Israel in the International Court of Justice was a seismic shift in the manner in which the world order operates, as prior to the Global South nation filing the genocide case against Israel, such...

Law, Penalties and Defences for Assaulting Frontline Emergency and Health Workers in NSW

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New South Wales Police have charged a 31- year old man over allegations he sexually touched and threatened a female paramedic who was trying to help him.  Police allege the incident occurred inside an ambulance on 30 March 2024, while...

NSW Government Targets First Nations Youth Through Toughened Bail Regime

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“Just recently, the Minns government announced its intention to toughen bail laws in a targeted response to incriminate Aboriginal youth,” Wiradjuri Badu Island academic Lynda-June Coe asserted as she addressed the 31 March Gadigal-Sydney weekly rally calling for an end...
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