Australian Body Needed to Investigate Wrongful Convictions
Legal experts have called for the establishment of a new national body to investigate possible wrongful convictions, which would work in a similar way to the review body in the UK. Flinders University law lecturer Bibi Sangha believes such a...
Bowraville Murder Case Re-Opened
The unsolved mystery of three children who went missing over a five-month period in 1990 and 1991 from the same street in Bowraville, Northern NSW, has divided a town, gripping a nation for more than two decades. But now, the...
Accused ‘Home Invasion Killer’ Released on Bail
Accused ‘burglar killer’ Ben Batterham says he is ‘very relieved’ to be out of custody, after being granted bail by Magistrate Robert Stone in Newcastle Local Court yesterday. Battherham was granted bail on a $200,000 security. He will need to...
Public Given Access to Police Brutality Hearing
The Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating allegations that a woman was brutalised at the hands of two police officers at Ballarat Police Station. The proceedings are being streamed live into a well-known Ballarat restaurant this week, to enable the...
Judge’s Associate Allegedly Dupes Judge into Providing Reference
Media sources have reported that ‘Sydney lawyer’ James Cowled, 31, is under investigation after allegedly procuring a character reference from recently retired Federal Court Judge Michael Lloyd-James under false pretences, and using it during his sentencing proceedings to avoid a...
New Bill Proposes to Legalise Abortion in NSW
The NSW parliament will soon consider changes to abortion laws which would remove it as an offence under the Crimes Act. Abortion is currently a ‘serious indictable offence’ in NSW, meaning it can be tried in the higher courts. However,...
Lotto Win Sparks Supreme Court War
They say money can’t buy you happiness. That certainly appears to be the case for two Sydney factory workers embroiled in a courtroom battle over a multi-million dollar Lotto win. $40 million is at the heart of a dispute, which...
Lawyers at Schools: Promoting Access to Justice
A school in Victoria is pioneering a trial that’s giving students and families better access to legal services. Vincent Shin is Australia’s first school lawyer, working from the Grange P-12 College in Victoria. He looks just like any other twenty-something,...
Police Officers Misuse Private Information for Personal Gain
Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) continues to investigate the unauthorised use of sensitive government databases by the State’s Police Service. Since 1st July 2015, the CCC has completed 15 investigations into unauthorised access to confidential information, resulting in 81...
Thinking of Using Your Phone’s Fingerprint Feature? Think Again!
Ever thought of using the fingerprint scanner of your smartphone? There’s no doubt it’s a handy, time-saving feature. But right now, it’s the subject of some interesting debate in court rooms across the United States, all to do with the...
