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.
The latest from the High Court: July 2016
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
Criminal law: June 2016
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
The latest from the High Court: June 2016
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
Criminal law: May 2016
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
The latest from the High Court: May 2016
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
A day in the life of… Celine van Golde
There’s a locked room at the University of Sydney that may hold hope for some Australian prisoners who claim they have been falsely convicted of…
Criminal law: April 2016
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
The Bail Amendment Act 2015
The Bail Amendment Act 2015 expands key sections of the Bail Act 2013, including those sections relating to show cause requirements and terrorism offences. By…
Changes to Supreme Court bail procedures
Legal practitioners are required to sign a Notice of Readiness to Proceed and provide undertakings that certain steps have been taken to ensure that the…
Police detention of people who appear mentally ill or mentally disturbed
Whether a person appears to a police officer to be mentally ill or disturbed is assessed purely on the subjective belief of that officer at…