Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia: Helping Vulnerable Girls and Women
Imagine being married off to a man much older than you while still a young teenager. Then, imagine getting pregnant, in a community with little access to technology or modern medicine to assist in a successful childbirth. This is the...
Can All Lawyers Give Migration Law Advice?
As we discussed in one of our recent blogs, questions about visas often arise when advising on criminal law cases. In recent years, a number of changes to the law have confused the question of who is permitted to give...
Watch What You Say! Defamation and Social Media
Anyone using social media can be a publisher for the purposes of Australian defamation laws, and any publisher can be liable for defamation. This can even include re-publishing or otherwise promoting the defamatory statements of others. The tweet that caused...
Gold Coast Police Assault Man at Station
Last week, we published a blog about the courageous Sergeant Rick Flori, a former policeman at the Surfers Paradise Police Station who was suspended from work and charged with ‘misconduct in public office’ after leaking footage of his colleagues brutally...
Should Police Have to Justify Searching People?
In New York, police officers will soon be required to hand out cards titled ‘what is a stop?’ to those that they stop and search, but do not arrest.. The laws will come into effect on 21 September 2015, and...
Sex Work and the Law
From Hollywood to vocal anti-trafficking groups, sex work has long been demonised as criminal behaviour. However, Amnesty International has now recognised that this should not be the case, passing a resolution saying that sex work should be decriminalised. At an...
Village Roadshow to Sue Illegal Downloaders
Are you amongst the 29% of Aussies over the age 18 who regularly download content through illegal means? If so, you could soon be facing legal action from one of Australia’s largest media conglomerates, Village Roadshow. In an interview earlier...
Can Australian Lawyers Practise Overseas?
So you’ve either just graduated or have been practising for a while, but the everyday humdrum of being a lawyer in Australia is starting to wear a little thin. Perhaps you want to head for greener and more lucrative pastures,...
Baby For Sale! Police Threaten Charges Over Prank
It all started as a harmless joke on a Facebook trading group. ‘BABY FOR SALE – $7,500,’ the heading read. “My new girlfriend is a single mum and she doesn’t want to be one anymore and she wants to sell...
Lessons Learnt from the Ashley Madison Saga
The names, email addresses and sexual fantasies of millions of Ashley Madison users were revealed after hackers accessed and posted the information online. Since then, there have been numerous hate crimes, attempts to extort people and two apparent suicides. What...
