NSW Police Officers Under Investigation for Assaulting NRL Player
The three New South Wales Police Officers who punched NRL player Tom Starling multiple times in the face during a violent arrest on 5 December 2020 are now under investigation and could face criminal charges over the assault. The incident occurred...
Medicare Denial Sees Correctives Systems Destroy Prisoner Health to the Detriment of All
Australians are proud of Medicare: the 1984-established scheme that provides free or heavily subsidised universal healthcare to citizens and residents. This is especially so, when compared with the health system in the US, which, without such a scheme, only cares...
NSW Police Force is Brutalising Citizens Without Sufficient Records, Let Alone Accountability
The recent lethal tasering of 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland, who was holding a steak knife and suffering dementia, has again brought into stark relief the use of excessive force by NSW police: an issue that despite its prevalence, tends to gradually subside...
What Is a ‘Concerns Notice’ Under Defamation Laws in New South Wales?
Former Federal Defence Minister, Linda Reynolds, has sent a letter of concern - a pre-emptive signal of potentially launching a defamation suit - against Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek in the latest spin-off lawsuit from the high profile criminal prosecution of...
What Will a Court Consider When Determining Bail in NSW?
The man accused of causing the deaths of several passengers after the bus he was driving overturned in the Hunter Valley last Sunday night has been granted strict conditional bail. 58-year old Brett Button from Maitland in the Hunter Region...
What Conduct Amounts to ‘Dangerous Driving’ in New South Wales?
Police will allege speeding was a factor in the weekend’s horror bus crash in the Hunter Valley, which resulted in the deaths of 10 passengers and more than 20 being admitted to hospital. The bus was carrying 36 passengers when...
UK Rejects Assange’s Appeal Against Extradition, Despite Global Campaign for Freedom
UK High Court Justice Jonathan Swift last Thursday denied Julian Assange’s July 2022-lodged final appeal against US extradition, which then UK home secretary Priti Patel had greenlighted the month prior. This has meant the WikiLeaks founder has spent another year in...
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...
