New Prisons To Be Built Around The Nation
It’s no secret that many of Australia’s prisons are filled to the bursting point. In recent times, desperate politicians have been forced to consider unorthodox means of detaining inmates, with the NSW government announcing earlier this year that it would...
Life Imprisonment for Child Sex Offenders
Convicted child sex offenders will face life in prison under new laws currently before NSW Parliament. NSW Attorney General Gabrielle Upton has introduced a bill to impose the harsher penalty, saying that sentences that handed-down in these cases don’t align...
How Can We Stop Women From Being Killed by Strangers?
It was a regular evening on 8th of March 2015 when Prabha Arun Kumar embarked on her usual route home through Parramatta Park in western Sydney. Just minutes later, tragedy unfolded as she was brutally stabbed to by a stranger...
Undercover Police Operations: How Far Can Police Go to Investigate Crime?
The portrayal of undercover police operations in movies and on TV may leave audiences with the perception that they are thrilling, secretive operations – full of tension, action and drama. But just how far can undercover police go to gain...
Mandatory Sentencing in the NT – Perpetuating Injustice
Imagine serving time in prison for murder - even when you weren’t present at the scene of the crime. It might reek of injustice, but for Zak Grieve, this is his reality. The 19 year old Katherine man was convicted...
AC/DC Drummer charged over hiring a hitman to kill two people, charges then withdrawn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...
How can you represent someone like that?
“How can you represent someone like that?” It’s the question many criminal lawyers dread. As a defence lawyer who deals with people charged with serious crimes, it’s the question that pops up most often. I recently represented a client who...
What the Law Says About “King Hit” Attacks
Our video and blog post below discusses what the law says about ‘king hit’ attacks. Alcohol-related violence has been in the media spotlight recently, particularly the growing number of king hit incidents - which some have called “coward punches” –...
King Hits in the Media
Video Transcript There’s been an enormous amount of publicity in recent times about so-called king hits. Others have called them coward punches. Whereby one person walks up to another, punches that person, causing that other person to die or sustain...
Getting Criminal Charges Dropped
Criminal Lawyers are often criticised for adjourning cases from court-date to court-date until they reach ‘defended hearings’ or ‘jury trials’, while doing very little in between to get charges ‘dropped’. This is not only bad practice; it can be a...
