Is Polygamy a Crime in Australia?
There are many nations where it is perfectly legal to marry more than one spouse, normally more than one wife. These countries include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, The...
NSW Police Want the Unappealable Right to Shut Down Music Festivals
The NSW Police Force (NSWPF) is intensifying its already full throttle assault on music festivals. Not only does it want to saturate events with officers and turn away punters even though they are not in possession of illegal drugs, but it now...
Arguments Over Games Escalate to Physical Violence
24-year old Manly Sea Eagles Rugby League star Dylan Walker is facing Manly Local Court today charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault against his fiancée of the same age, Alexandra Ivkovic, last Thursday evening. Emergency services...
Can NSW Police Demand Phone and Computer Passwords?
It has been reported that police in the United States compelled a suspect to unlock his iPhone X using its facial recognition technology, triggering debate about the legality of forcing people to unlock devices using their password or biometric capabilities....
More Music Festival Overdoses, But Still No Pill Testing
Another music festival, another death from a drug overdose – and the festival season is just beginning. 19-year Callum Brosnan from Baulkham Hills is dead and three other young adults are in critical conditions after suspected drug overdoses at the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 3 to 9 December 2018
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Woman Commences Private Prosecution After Police Refuse to Charge her Alleged Attacker A woman has launched a private criminal prosecution after police refused to bring...
Tough New Laws Against Child Sexual Abuse
A range of tough new laws to combat child sexual abuse in NSW came into effect on 1 December, which complete one of the most comprehensive overhauls of the state’s criminal laws in history. The recently enacted laws follow a...
Police Officer Found Not Guilty of Assaulting Woman
A serving Victorian policeman has been found not guilty of four assault charges after he smashed his way into a woman’s home together with seven other officers 22 years ago, punched her up to seven times in the face and...
Priest Successfully Appeals Conviction for Covering-Up Child Sexual Abuse
Former Adelaide Archbishop Phillip Wilson has walked free after a judge upheld his appeal against conviction for concealing a serious indictable offence - being sexual assaults committed by fellow priest and convicted child sex offender, James Fletcher. The former Archbishop...
The Modern Slavery Act Falls Short on Holding Corporates Accountable
Over 40 million people around the world live in conditions of modern slavery. Women and girls make up 71 percent of these people, while children account for a quarter of them. Around 25 million people are in situations of forced labour,...
