KickAss Torrents Kicked Out of the Market
The man behind a popular file-sharing site is the subject of criminal charges in the US for copyright infringement and money laundering. 30-year-old Ukrainian, Artem Vaulin, is alleged to be the mastermind behind Kickass Torrents or ‘KAT’. Vaulin has been...
Bar Fight Ends in Murder
Just as midnight rolled into Friday morning on 21 February, 2014, 30-year old Nicholas (Nick) McEvoy was found lying on a footpath, close to death, in the Western Sydney suburb of Dean Park. How he got there was a mystery....
Australian Doctors Refuse to Be Silenced
As previously reported, Australian doctors have protested against laws embodied in section 42 of the Border Force Act 2015 (‘the Act’) which prevent “entrusted persons” from disclosing “protected information” about detention centres. The section prescribes a maximum penalty of two...
Australian Lawyers Lead the Way in Pro Bono Work
Lawyers are often seen as money-hungry and heartless individuals who live in ‘ivory towers’, with legal professionals being the target of frequent criticism and the butt of many jokes. However, the legal industry is one of the few which consistently...
Terrorists Could Be Kept in Prison Indefinitely
The Australian government is seeking to impose more control over those in prison, ostensibly to protect against terrorism. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has written to state and territory leaders urging them to adopt laws to keep people who have been...
Judge and Accused Murderer Exchange Insults
It started as a routine hearing, but ended with the defendant facing contempt of court charges, and the judge also facing possible disciplinary action over a heated exchange that included profanities and vulgar insults. Denver Fenton Allen, accused beating a...
Mental Health Issues in the NSW Police Force
For a former NSW police officer who wants to be identified only as ‘Greg’, investigating the death of a murdered indigenous woman whose naked body was dumped in a remote ditch was the start of a rapid decline in mental...
Female Inmate Attends Court Without Pants
Corrective services in the US have come under fire for sending a female inmate to court with no pants and failing to provide her with sanitary products. Judge Amber Wolf was presiding over a District Court in Louisville in the...
The Norfolk Four: A Miscarriage of Justice
By Blake O’Connor Most would agree that the wrongful imprisonment of a person constitutes a serious failure in the administration of justice. However, the fact that upwards of 300 people have been exonerated in the United States through the ‘Innocence...
Judge Repeatedly Calls Lawyer “Stupid” and “Incompetent”
Transcripts from a Victorian courtroom detailing a heated exchange between a lawyer and judge have been at the centre of an appeal by Michael Cook, who appealed his armed robbery conviction due to the behaviour of the judge. Mr Cook...
