Dristi Nepal’s Parina Subba Limbu on the Rights of Women Who Use Drugs
Established in 2006, Dristi Nepal is a peer-led harm reduction organisation for women who use drugs, those living with HIV and sex workers. Since April 2018, the organisation has been running a needle and syringe program for women who inject drugs in...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 3 to 9 October 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: High Times in the Land of Smiles: Some Snaps The demonstrated benefits of legalising cannabis should make our politicians question their continuing criminalisation of the...
High Times in the Land of Smiles: Some Snaps
The Thai government removed the entire cannabis plant from its scheduling as a narcotic in early 2022, which meant that, as of June, the plant has been legal. And a proliferation of licenced farms cultivating it and retail outlets selling the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 19 to 25 September 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What is the Difference Between Civil and Criminal Law? Civil law involves disputes between parties whereas criminal law is where prosecutions are brought by or...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 12 to 18 September 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: High Court Rules Indefinite Detention of High Risk Offenders Is Constitutional The highest court in the land has ruled that our constitution allows for the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 September 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sentence Quashed After Lawyer Enters Guilty Pleas on Behalf of Client Without Instructions The appeal court quashed the defendant’s pleas of guilty after finding his...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 22 to 28 August 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Police Claim Ignorance of the Law, As They Continue to Illegally Strip-Search Kids Officers who illegally strip-searched children claimed to be unaware of the...
Public Demands Accountability for Police Officers
The mid-1990s Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service uncovered evidence of entrenched corruption, which included state law enforcement officers selling heroin out the back of police stations, involved in running then illegal sex work services and trading in child pornography....
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 July 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Minimising the Risk of Unfair Prejudice in Jury Trials Courts have a range of ways to reduce the risk of unfair prejudice arising from misleading...
NSW Government Stalls on Inevitable Drug Reforms: An Interview With NUAA’s Dr Mary Ellen Harrod
Prior to COVID entering our world, the issue of illicit substances and the need to move away from the punitive law enforcement approach the NSW government and most others around the nation are taking to them was front and centre...