‘Parens Patriae’: The Power of Courts to Make Decisions in a Child’s Best Interests
The New South Wales Supreme Court has ordered a 17-year old female to continue chemotherapy for a cancer, after she refused treatment due to her Christian beliefs. The decision, reported in the law books as H v AC [2024] SC...
Coroner Refers Jai Wright Death in Custody to the DPP for Potential Criminal Charges
Dunghutti teenager Jai Kalani Wright died in hospital on the night following “a head-on collision”, involving an unmarked police car hitting the trail bike he was on at an intersection in the Sydney inner city suburb of Eveleigh in early...
Selling Nicotine Vapes Without Prescription is a Crime in NSW
Raids on around 60 retail stores in Sydney have led to the seizure of approximately 30,000 suspected nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, also known as nicotine vapes, as well as tobacco products suspected of being sold without paying tax, with an estimated value...
Mainstreaming Civil Resistance: Climate Defender Brad Homewood on Building the Movement
The climate crisis gave everyone living on this continent a severe warning over the summer of 2019/20, when wildfires burnt 20 percent of forest to the ground. And for those who didn’t heed the call, a series of extreme flooding events hit...
Alabama Begins Gassing Inmates to Death, With Other US States Set to Follow
The US state of Alabama executed Kenneth Eugene Smith on 25 January, and whilst US authorities killing a person as a result of being sentenced to death by a court is nothing new, as it’s long taken place, what has caused...
The Offences, Defences and Penalties for Improperly Discarding a Cigarette in NSW
Smoking cigarettes is a simple pleasure for many, but being reckless with your butts, or worse, a lit cigarette can result in hefty fines and even land you before a court. The following outlines the potential offences and penalties that...
Open Letter to Prime Minister Albanese on Gaza – February 2024
The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) has released this open letter to prime minister Anthony Albanese on Monday. IPAN members are hoping to present it, including with the list of signatories, to either the PM or foreign minister Penny...
When Can a Judicial Inquiry Be Held Into a Potential Wrongful Conviction in NSW?
Last year, New South Wales woman Kathleen Folbigg was pardoned and her convictions were later quashed after a public inquiry found that the science used to convict her of murdering three of her four infants was deeply flawed. However, Folbigg’s...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 January to 4 February 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: In What Circumstances Can Police Obtain a Search Warrant in NSW? There are strict rules about when police are legally permitted to search a person’s...
What Happens if I Breach an Apprehended Violence Order in New South Wales?
A Tasmanian Supreme Court judge is facing criminal charges over allegations he contravened an apprehended violence order on three separate occasions while he was in New South Wales. The back story 62-year old Justice Gregory Geason pleaded not guilty in...
