Criminal law: March 2025
Useful precedent on the mental element of fraud offences and the application of mental health diversion provisions. By THOMAS SPOHR.
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.
Criminal law: April 2024
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
Doli incapax and expert opinion evidence
The Court of Criminal Appeal has restricted the admissibility of certain expert evidence as to doli incapax in criminal cases involving children under 14.
Criminal law: March 2024
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
Criminal law: November 2023
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
A Clockwork Orange again? Science, technology and punishment
In determining punishment, should courts give offenders what they deserve, or just try to manage them to stop reoffending? If courts primarily focus on managing…
Criminal law: August 2023
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
Criminal law: July 2023
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
Criminal law: June 2023
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
Criminal law: April 2023
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.