Barriers to justice remain, even in civil cases, following Lehrmann ruling
In delivering his ruling in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case in the Federal Court, Justice Michael Lee was at pains to point out that his…
Experts at loggerheads over consent law review
Specialist sexual assault courts and lower penalties for offenders who honestly believed their victim agreed to sex are among the proposals submitted to a NSW-led…
#TimesUp for the legal profession
These are the stories the legal profession can no longer ignore.2018 has seen an historic outpouring of men and women sharing their stories of sexual…
‘There are too many SH*TTY loopholes’
Almost one in five Australian women will be sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime but less than one per cent of those crimes…
Six minutes with Jane Seymour
Jane is a barrister at Level 22 Chambers practising in the areas of employment and industrial relations. She worked as a solicitor for more than…
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]…
Moral courage
The 2016 Australian of the Year, Lieutenant General David Morrison AO (Rtd), will deliver the Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Lecture on 13 October 2016.The 2016…
Criminal law: December 2014
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.Key decisions Parhizkar v R [2014] NSWCCA 240 JWM v…
Statutory interpretation and the ordinary criminal lawyer: Gillard v the Queen
There were few occasions during my law degree in which a legal principle resonated to the extent that I retained it beyond the relevant exam….