Is it legal to record a phone call in Australia?
The rules vary across the nation when it comes to the legality of recording telephone calls. There are various reasons why someone might want to record a phone call, including to gather incriminating evidence against another person. But the reality...
The Offence of Assisting a Suicide
In the days before Christmas, Western Australia became the second state in Australia to legalise voluntary assisted dying. More than 180 hours were spent debating the legislation in parliament, but under the final laws, terminally ill adults in pain and...
The Offence of Public Mischief in NSW
A professor at the University of Technology, Sydney is facing court for allegedly making a complaint to police that she was the victim of harassing letters, when she actually sent the letters to herself. Police arrested and charged UTS professor...
Catholic Priest Dies Before Being Sentenced for Child Sexual Abuse
Disgraced former Catholic Priest James Joseph Cunneen, who was found guilty of indecently assaulting six teenage boys in New South Wales in the late 1980s, has died before he could be sentenced. 60-year old Mr Cunneen was due to be...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 6 to 12 January 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Causing Bushfires in New South Wales A 79-year old man has been arrested and charged with causing four bushfires. Click here to...
Posting About Politicians? The NSW Police Force May Have You In Their Sights
A Blue Mountains man was arrested in August last year, over allegations that he’d been harassing the local mayor and a NSW Labor MLC. The 37-year-old was charged with a number of offences, including stalking or intimidation with intent to...
The Offence of Sexual Assault
Former Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein has been charged in Los Angeles with felony offences including forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint. Charges were laid just hours after Mr Weinstein appeared...
Scammers, looters and arsonists – the dark side of the bushfire tragedy
National disasters such as Australia’s current bushfire crisis, usually inspire our communities to rally together - to help each other when we need it the most. But sadly, there are always those willing to take advantage of the misfortune of...
NSW Police Facilitate Bikie Meth Trade, According to Watchdog Chief
“We know that there must be significant corruption going on,” soon to be stood down Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) chief commissioner Michael Adams QC said in relation to the NSW Police Force (NSWPF) at a parliamentary inquiry in mid-December....
Paramedics Don’t Call Police Over Illicit Drug-Related Ambulance Call-Outs
NSW deputy state coroner Harriet Grahame recently recommended that pill testing services be rolled out at festivals and the use of drug detection dogs be dropped. She came to these conclusions as a result of her investigation into drug-related deaths...
