Advising clients charged under the new coercive control legislation
Criminalisation of coercive control takes offending beyond the narrow scope of violence linked to physical acts alone.
By Hayley Dean - 8 min readCriminalisation of coercive control takes offending beyond the narrow scope of violence linked to physical acts alone.
By Hayley Dean - 8 min readReporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
By Thomas Spohr - 7 min readThe Court of Criminal Appeal has restricted the admissibility of certain expert evidence as to doli incapax in criminal cases involving children under 14.
By Mark Ramsland - 7 min readPractical pointers for advocates adapting to the virtual courtroom.
By Brin Anniwell and Alanna Van der Veen - 6 min readWere the raids on Newscorp and the ABC valid? The verdicts are in but the controversy continues.
By Bradley Dean - 6 min readWhat can be made of an accused’s failure to give evidence in a criminal trial? Mark Tedeschi AM QC discusses.
By Mark Tedeschi AM QC - 7 min readAn analysis of the The High Court’s verdict and its implications for the role of appellate courts in reviewing ‘unreasonable’ guilty verdicts.
By Simon Buchen SC - 8 min readWith prisoners at greater risk than the general population from COVID-19, habeas corpus is considered as a remedy for the release of vulnerable prisoners.
By Craig Longman - 6 min readMark Tedeschi AM QC discusses the fascinating recent High Court decision that has effectively extended the law of causation in homicide cases.
By Mark Tedeschi AM QC - 6 min readAn expert analysis of the tendency and coincidence evidence reforms imminent in NSW.
By Stephen Odgers SC - 6 min readA recent peer-reviewed academic study highlights correlations between the right to silence and mitigated outcomes for socially marginalised criminal defendants in the summary jurisdiction.
By Dr Eugene Schofield-Georgeson - 7 min readThe JIRS statistics now include updated penalties which became available in September 2018 when the criminal penalty options in NSW were overhauled. By MARK ZAKI
By Mark Zaki - 3 min readCDPP’s e-Brief Referral Guidelines to improve the efficiency of prosecutions. By ILAN LEWIS
By Ilan Lewis - 3 min read