How to Defend an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) in New South Wales
Having an application for an apprehended violence order (AVO) made against you can be stressful and indeed frustrating, especially where the grounds of complaint are false or do not tell the complete story. You’re immediately on the defensive, being put...
Producing Pornography in Australia – What Does The Law Say?
Whether you want to start an OnlyFans or create your own boutique production company, making smutty films involves navigating a variety of complex laws in Australia. Here’s a rundown of the rules. Is making pornography legal in Australia? The legal...
Do Courts Have to Use Preferred Pronouns for Transgender Defendants in Criminal Cases?
Earlier this month, children’s book author JK Rowling tweeted the following in regard to a new practice note that applies to South Australian courts regarding preferred pronouns: Asking a woman to refer to her male rapist or violent assaulter as...
That’s Hearsay So It’s Defamation! Explaining the Difference
The terms ‘hearsay’ and ‘defamation’ are often conflated by the general public, despite referring to very different legal principles. The ordinary meaning of ‘hearsay’ is information received from others which is not substantiated. In the legal context, it refers to...
Al-Shifa Hospital No More: Sydney Fills the Streets as the Horrors of Gaza Escalate
Six long weeks into the neocolonial crime of the century, Israel continues the all-out carpet-bombing assault on Gaza and has followed up with a ground invasion, as it ethnically cleanses the Palestinian population of the region with genocidal intent, and...
McBride’s Guilty Plea Has Sent a Chill Down the Spine of the Australian Polity
“That is a fatal blow,” said Mark Davis, the criminal lawyer representing former ADF legal officer David McBride, as he faces a five charge indictment for having blown the whistle on the Australian war machine in Afghanistan, which had fostered...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 13 to 19 November 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann: Police Join DPP in an Attempt to Clear Their Names Police officers are seeking to join civil proceedings brought by embattled...
Court Suppresses Name of NSW Police Inspector Charged with High-Range Drink Driving
A New South Wales Local Court Magistrate has granted a suppression order in favour of a high-ranking police officer who is alleged to have driven his police-issued vehicle while driving with a high-range prescribed concentration of alcohol, collided into a...
Changing a Criminal Plea from Guilty to Not Guilty: The ‘Interests of Justice’ Test
In December 1988, American mathematician Scott Johnson’s body was found lying at the base of a cliff at north Headland on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. In 2017, a coronial inquest concluded that his death was caused by actual or threatened violence...
Dutton Embarks on Racist Dog Whistling, as the Indefinite Detention Regime Crumbles
Indefinite detention has long been a questionable linchpin of the local asylum-seeking system. The oft-criticised measure has been one of last resort, as it applies to cases where people cannot be deported into harm, yet, as they’ve broken laws here,...
