Protesting a pandemic: do we have a legal right?
When freedom of movement puts free healthcare at risk, and democratic rights clash with human rights – what comes first?When freedom of movement puts our…
High Court: April 2020
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By DAVID KELSEY-SUGG.Key decisions De Silva v The Queen [2019] HCA 48…
High Court: March 2020
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By DAVID KELSEY-SUGG.Key decisions EBT16 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] HCA…
Report shows 20-fold increase in NSW police strip searches
Police officers in NSW conducted almost 5,500 strip searches outside of police stations in one year, and two thirds of those searches found nothing, a…
Criminal law: December 2017
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.Key decisions Grajewski v Director of Public Prosecutions [2017]…
The latest developments in Law Society advocacy & law reform: July 2016
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.Key developments Terrorism (Police Powers) Amendment (Investigative…
A slow erosion of democracy
A growing number of Australian laws infringe basic democratic standards, and a swathe of new laws passed in NSW is causing increasing concern.A growing number…