Police Routinely Breached Legal Rights During COVID, Reports Confirm
To say COVID policing has been overbearing is an understatement. The reliance upon the police to enforce pandemic restrictions on public movement and assembly in such a draconian manner, only added credence to the claims that lockdowns were a means...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 October 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Donald Trump Sues Twitter for the Reactivation of His Account The former US president has commenced legal proceedings demanding that Twitter reactivate his social media...
Is it Legal to Possess a Gel Blaster in New South Wales?
Gel blasters have been made illegal in Victoria, after a number of the recreational items were allegedly used during the commission of serious criminal offences. Many gel blasters look similar to real firearms, although they shoot small water-based pellets. As...
Vaccine Mandates: Aged-Care Worker Vows to Appeal Against Fair Work Commission
Last week, a full three member bench of the Fair Work Commission refused former aged-care facility receptionist, Jennifer Kimber’s, application to appeal a single member decision in April 2021 which found she had not been unfairly dismissed by her former...
What Does ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’ Mean in the Criminal Law?
When you are charged with an offence by the police, they are required to be able to prove that charge “beyond reasonable doubt”. Under the common law tradition, it is not the responsibility of the accused person to prove his...
Police Brutality Escalates Under the Cover of COVID
Australia watched on in disbelief as the violence on Melbourne streets escalated over the past week, with hoards of heavily armed police officers clashing with members of the public protesting against extended lockdowns and vaccination mandates. The mainstream media has...
Police Brutally Assault Anti-Lockdown Protester
In amongst all the footage of this week’s Melbourne protests, a horrific video has emerged of a police officer approaching a man from behind and violently throwing him head first to the ground at Flinders Station in the CBD –...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 30 August to 5 September 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Intentionally or Recklessly Destroying or Damaging Property by Fire in NSW Police say the person who burnt down a COVID testing clinic...
District Court ‘Severity Appeals’ in NSW: Appeals from the Local to the District Court
29-year old Victorian man Anthony Khallouf was arrested in Sydney just days before the planned protest in the CBD on Saturday, 24 August 2021, after travelling down from Queensland. Days before the planned gathering, Mr Khallouf uploaded a social media...
NSW Police Swarm on Anti-Lockdown Protesters Across the State
It was common knowledge that truck drivers across the state planned a protest on 31 August, and that’s one of the incidents the New South Wales Police Force had been warning against and preparing for. But quite separate to those...