US Case Against Duggan Is “Vague, Embarrassing and Oppressive” Lawyers Tell Dreyfus
As she stood before the press at Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks on Monday morning, Saffrine Duggan asserted that the US can’t “just snatch Australians off the street and send them to the US based on” flawed evidence and questionable process....
NSW Police Inquiry Finds that Sending Officers to Mental Health Incidents Escalates Them
In the wake of an internal review, the NSW Police Force last Thursday released a summary of findings regarding its officers continuing to be called upon as first responders to mental health incidents, and the agency is clear in stating...
‘Sexsomnia’ and the Legal Defence of Automatism in New South Wales
A Sydney man has been found not guilty of a string of sexual offences against children after raising evidence that he was asleep and suffering from ‘sexsomnia’ during the incidents, and that he was therefore acting involuntarily – a requirement...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 9 to 15 September 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Lawyer Caught Out Submitting AI Generated List of Fabricated Cases to Court The lawyer used popular legal software to generate a list of supposed legal...
Should Social Media Companies Be Responsible for Spreading Lies?
Technology companies such as Alphabet, the owner of Google, and Meta, the owner of Facebook, have had a good run in Australia in recent years, with the Supreme Court reversing a previous decision which meant these social media giants could...
Appeals to the District Court Against Local Court Convictions in NSW
A former NRL player who went on to become a professional boxer has successfully appealed his conviction over allegations of breaking and entering, with the appeal court finding ‘suspicion is no substitute for proof’. In the Local Court A magistrate...
Heavily Armed Police Make Civilians Who Oppose Rising Militarism the Enemy
In the lead up to Land Forces 2024, the largest weapons show in the southern hemisphere, which was staged over Wednesday to Friday in Naarm-Melbourne, questions were raised about the organisers’ decision to shift the biannual “one stop genocide shop”...
Busting the Duopoly: Both Majors Shaking in Their Boots at Prospect of 2025 Election
“We can’t keep voting for the same two parties and expecting a different result,” said Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt at the National Press Club a fortnight ago. “Labor has lost themselves. People tell us that it is harder and...
The Legal Defence of Mental Health or Cognitive Impairment in NSW
The tragic deaths of two young boys in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales has raised more questions than answers, as their mother remains under police guard in hospital suffering from self-inflicted stab wounds. Those questions include: is...
Attorney General Waxes Lyrical About His Whistleblower Protections that Fail All
“Improved whistleblower protection has long been an interest of mine,” federal attorney general Mark Dreyfus told The Sydney Institute, during a 5 September speech he gave to the privately-funded policy forum, which was titled, Transparency and Accountability in Politics and...
