Fourth Police Officer Sentenced Over Killing of George Floyd
The fourth Minneapolis police officer prosecuted over the killing of George Floyd has been sentenced in the United States, bringing the criminal proceedings relating to perhaps the most publicised incident of police brutality since the horrific beating of Rodney King...
Property Recovery Orders in NSW: Getting Your Property Back in Domestic Violence Situations
In cases where Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (ADVOs) are taken out in New South Wales, the courts and the police have powers to make arrangements for the parties to get their belongings back from one another through what is known...
Black Lives Still Matter: Dunghutti Activist Paul Silva Puts Aboriginal Justice Back on the Agenda
At inception, NSW law enforcement had a focus on quelling First Nations resistance to British takeover of Indigenous land, and, over 230 years later, an excessive and overtly brutal focus on those who never ceded control to the Crown continues to...
Royal Commissions: The Rules Regarding Evidence and How Can It Be Used
The final report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme made 57 recommendations to the Federal Government and included a secret sealed section which holds the names of several individuals to be considered for further investigation and potential prosecution...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 31 July to 6 August 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Criminal Offences Relating to Female Genital Mutilation in NSW A person may be found guilty for arranging or performing the procedure, including where the female...
Shane Drumgold Engaged in “Serious Misconduct”, But Will He Face Disciplinary Action?
The inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann – which was requested by the ACT’s Chief Prosecutor, Shane Drumgold – has ended as sensationally as it began, with findings that Drumgold engaged in “serious misconduct” by, among other things, lying...
Working With Children: Should Better Checks Be Undertaken?
Parents around Australia are reeling from the news that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a former childcare worker from the Gold Coast in Queensland with more than 1600 child sexual offences against 91 children both in Australia and...
Laws Relating to Driving Conduct that Causes Grievous Bodily Harm in NSW
The driver accused of being responsible for causing the deaths of 10 wedding attendees and the hospitalisation of 20 more by losing control of a bus in the Hunter Valley is facing dozens of additional charges for major traffic offences....
What is the Early Appropriate Guilty Plea (EAGP) Scheme in New South Wales?
On 30 April 2018, a legislative scheme was introduced with statutory caps on discounts that can be given for the utilitarian benefit (the saving of court time and public resources) of a guilty plea in cases that proceed, or are...
Albanese Complicit in United States’ Use of Australian Citizen as Political Pawn
An Australian citizen since 2012, former US marine fighter pilot Daniel Duggan returned to his family home in the NSW town of Orange last October, after ASIO had indicated that he’d been cleared for an ASIC card, which permitted him...
