UN Finds Australian Government Guilty of Human Rights Abuses
Prisoners being sedated, tied to chairs and subjected to physical abuse - it sounds like something out of Guantanamo Bay, but in reality these horrific activities occur much closer to home. Earlier this week, the United Nations Human Rights Commission...
Inexplicable Incompetence or Pure Stupidity? How Dennis got Disbarred
When retaining a lawyer to represent you in court, you’d expect them to fight hard to protect your rights - especially if they are charging you an arm and a leg to defend your innocence. The vast majority of lawyers...
Vigilante takes Sydney by Storm in a Spate of Citizens Arrests
A little while ago, we published a blog on citizens arrests - where it is legal for a non-law enforcement officer to arrest another person. We mentioned the man with a personal vendetta against Uber X, Russell Howarth who made...
AC/DC Drummer charged over hiring a hitman to kill two people, charges then withdrawn
Renowned AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd made headlines for all the wrong reasons this week, after it was alleged that he hired a hitman to kill two people. He was charged with attempting to procure a murder, threatening to kill and...
Are The New Apps That May Be Giving Taxi Drivers A Run For Their Money Compliant With NSW Laws?
Many people who have shared a road with an arrogant taxi driver often get the impression that taxi drivers think they are a law unto themselves. One cab driver, Eienddin Sanai, named and shamed in the Daily Telegraph earlier this...
How the Innocence Project is Helping Those Wrongly Convicted of a Crime
A couple of decades ago, if someone was wrongly convicted of a crime there was little that could be done once the appeals process had been exhausted. Now, with more sophisticated forms of technology such as DNA testing to help...
Criminal Lawyers and Civil Libertarians Criticise Heavy-Handed Police
Approximately 300 police in full riot gear set upon Islamic protesters with capsicum spray and police dogs shortly after the commencement of an initially-peaceful demonstration in Sydney on Saturday 15th September. The demonstration was part of a wave of worldwide...
