Needle Spiking and the New South Wales Criminal Law
The have been several mainstream media reports in recent times of people unknowingly being injected with sedatives whilst out at pubs, clubs or festivals, causing them to become hazy and even to fall unconscious – and thereby making them susceptible...
Can School Bullying Amount to a Criminal Offence?
Bullying involves a person who is usually of greater physical strength and/or social power acting aggressively towards or otherwise belittling their target. School bullying occurs when students bully each other, often for social status within the cutthroat world of student...
Sextortion Spikes and Young Men are the Main Targets
The criminal offence of sextortion has been on the rise in Australia over the past several years, but the latest figures released by the eSafety Commissioner show a staggering rise in reports since the start of 2023, with complaints nearly...
Crime Scene Examinations: Police and Lab Bungles Can Lead to Acquittal
Key to any criminal investigation is the examination of the scene of a suspected crime, as well as the documentation and collection of evidence that has not been contaminated by those who have been there. Here’s how scene of crime...
NSW May Abolish Requirement for Sexual Reassignment to Change Official Gender
The New South Wales Government is considering changing laws in the state which require transgender people to undergo sexual reassignment surgery in order to change the gender on their birth certificates. New South Wales is out of touch Currently, New...
The Legal Defence of Automatism in New South Wales
Last year, Brendon Paul Lidgard was found not-guilty of one count of dangerous driving occasioning death and three counts of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm inn the NSW District Court. The charges arose after Lidgard overdosed on his insulin...
Judicial Reviews by the Court of Appeal in New South Wales
Former New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has made clear she won’t stand by allegations of corrupt conduct made against her by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), applying to the state’s Court of Criminal Appeal for a judicial review...
Special Inquiry Hears Evidence of Prison Officer Sexually Assaulting Inmates
A New South Wales special commission of inquiry is attempting to understand the reasons behind a senior corrections officer at a Sydney women’s prison being able to commit a string of sexual offences against inmates over several years with impunity....
The Criminal Offence of Contempt of an Australian Senate Inquiry
Despite having a multi-million dollar payout in his back pocket and a substantial free flights package with Qantas, the Australian Government apparently did not consider former Alan Joyce to be a ‘flight risk’ while organising a Senate Inquiry into Qatar...
Calls for a Royal Commission, as NSW Police Killing Spree Continues
A New South Wales police officer lethally tasered 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland, who suffered dementia, as she was approaching the officer holding a steak knife and using a walking frame to aid her. This incident, which took place in a...
