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....
The Reality of the Role of a Criminal Defence Lawyer
There is a famous HL Menken quote which states “the trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels” – it’s a sentiment that criminal defence lawyers may take to heart. All criminal lawyers...
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...
The Time Is Ripe for Drug Law Reform in New South Wales
NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann hit the opening of the 58th NSW parliament running, as she moved four notices of motion on its second day indicating soon-to-be-tabled bills on key drug law reforms: pill testing, cannabis legalisation, a medical cannabis driving defence and decriminalisation....
The Roberts-Smith Atrocities Lay Bare the Lies of Australia’s Role in Afghanistan
Australians have since been aghast over the outcome of the Ben Roberts-Smith case delivered last Thursday, which saw the Federal Court’s civil division find that that the defendant media companies had discharged their legal onus of proving, on the balance of...
To Which Traffic Offences Do Double-Demerit Points Apply?
Double-demerit points will be in force for four days over this long weekend as New South Wales celebrates the King’s birthday, with a public holiday on Monday 12 June, 2023. When are double demerits in force? Double-demerits will be in...
Kathleen Folbigg Has Been Pardoned, But Her Criminal Convictions Remain in Place
New South Wales Attorney General Michael Daley says he is open to changes within the justice system which may prevent another situation like Kathleen Folbigg’s as he announced her pardon and release from prison earlier this week after she spent...
