Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 10 to 16 July 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Criminal Offences Related To Unlawful Gambling in NSW An outline of the laws, defences and penalties that apply to unlawful gambling in New South Wales....
Domestic Violence Blitz Raises Questions Regarding Lawfulness of Arrests
The New South Wales Police Force is boasting about the arrest of nearly 600 people during this week’s four-day operation targeting ‘domestic violence offences’. And as usual, the mainstream media is right behind them, labelling those arrested as ‘predators’ and...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 3 to 9 July 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: New Criminal Offences Relating to Possessing or Using Knives in NSW Offences relating to possessing or using knives in public places are now contained in...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 June to 2 July 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Is Receiving Oral Sex Whilst Driving A Crime? An Australian porn performer revealed she was involved in a car crash whilst performing fellatio on her...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 19 to 25 June 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Should Politicians Be Permitted to Accuse Others of Crimes With Impunity Under Parliamentary Privilege? A senator used the protection of parliamentary privilege to accuse another...
Should Politicians Be Permitted to Accuse Others of Crimes With Impunity Under Parliamentary Privilege?
Senator David Van may not have been well known before last week. But he is now a household name after Senator Lidia Thorpe accused him last week of sexual assaulting her in parliament, under the protection of parliamentary privilege. During...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 12 to 18 June 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: UK Rejects Assange’s Appeal Against Extradition, Despite Global Campaign for Freedom The court rejected his appeal against extradition, despite mounting calls for his freedom and...
Can Anyone Own a Poker Machine in New South Wales?
So, you’re setting up your man cave with your bar, pool table, arcade machine and big screen TV to watch the footy - and wouldn’t mind a second-hand poker machine to add to your nirvana. Or, you may be reminiscing...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 June 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: High Range Drink Driving in NSW: The Law, Penalties and Defences Police charged 79 people with drink driving during a two-day blitz in south-west Sydney....
Higgins, Wilkinson, Lehrmann: Heroes or Victims?
In years to come, the criminal prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann over ultimately unproven allegations of sexual assault in Parliament House is likely to become a case study for students of law, and may even inform the way in which such...