No systemic issues in sexual assault prosecutions: NSW ODPP
A review of adult sexual assault cases in New South Wales has found that in the majority of matters, the guidelines for prosecution were properly…
A question of consent
While new legislative reforms in NSW hope to change the experience of survivors in the criminal justice system, community attitudes have a long way to…
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.
‘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.
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.
Criminal law: December 2014
Reporting and analysis of the most recent notable decisions of the NSWSC and NSWCCA. By THOMAS SPOHR.
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….