Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 2 Comments on Former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer convicted of 18 counts of sexual offences
Former Adass Israel School school principal Malka Leifer has been found guilty of six charges of rape, six charges of indecent assault, three charges of sexual penetration of a 16 or 17-year-old and three charges of indecent act with a 16 or 17-year-old.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 2 Comments on Why do you need a lawyer?
Why do you need a lawyer? On some level this is a basic and obvious question, but there is a lot more to the answer than first meets the eye. Although it seems like a pretty obvious question, there are in fact a number of advantages of having a lawyer. Continue reading “Why do you need a lawyer?”
Author adminPosted on Categories Industrial relations 2 Comments on Teal MP sued by staffer Sally Rugg under Fair Work Act
All is not well in teal world, despite their fancy lattes, their trendiness and their pious devotion to social justice.
Left-wing activist Sally Rugg is suing new member for Kooyong Dr Monique Ryan in the Federal Court for an alleged breach of general protections under the Fair Work Act.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law, Defamation, Legal profession 7 Comments on Debacle after Bruce Lehrmann charges dropped
Bruce Lehrmann, the former parliamentary political staffer who was accused of raping a colleague named Brittany Higgins at Parliament House has had all charges dropped again him.
This occurred after the trial had to be postponed because Lisa Wilkinson gave a speech at The Logie Awards, and when the trial finally took place, the jury had to be discharged because of juror misconduct.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 1 Comment on Chris Dawson sentenced to 24 years imprisonment
In August, Former Sydney schoolteacher and rugby league star Chris Dawson was found guilty of murdering his first wife Lynette Dawson following a long judge-only trial.
Chris Dawson was yesterday sentenced to 24 years in prison for this crime.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 7 Comments on Kristina Keneally’s son pleads not guilty to fabricating evidence
Last month, Constable Daniel Keneally was charged with fabricating evidence. This charge arose from Keneally submitting a report of a man named Luke Moore threatening to kill a police officer, which resulted in Moore being refused bail and spending time in jail for three weeks.
Moore had apparently recorded his discussion with Keneally jnr, and it is alleged that recording showed that Keneally’s report was false.
A Sydney court has been informed Constable Daniel Keneally will contest the charge.
Constable Daniel Keneally is the son of former NSW Premier and federal Senator Kristina Keneally.
Author adminPosted on Categories Judiciary 3 Comments on When is a Judge disqualified for bias?
A decision-maker being impartial is one of the core requirements of natural justice.
In the 19th century, Lord Campbell in Dimes [1852] EngR 789 said that “no man is to be a judge in his own cause”.
As a majority of the High Court noted in Ebner v The Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63:
“Fundamental to the common law system of adversarial trial is that it is conducted by an independent and impartial tribunal. Perhaps the deepest historical roots of this principle can be traced to Magna Carta (with its declaration that right and justice shall not be sold)”.
Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 2 Comments on Queensland forensic lab boss Cathie Allen accused of lying
The commission of inquiry into QLD’s lab scandal has heard Managing scientist of Queensland Health’s Forensic and Scientific Services Cathie Allen recommended for amplification of low-level DNA samples without concentration, when concentration could have detected more serious criminals, but which would cost Queensland Health an estimated $20,000 less and generate less workload for lab staff.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 8 Comments on Bruce Lehrmann’s rape trial jury discharged
The ACT jury of Bruce Lehrmann’s trial for the alleged rape of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has been discharged.
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Author adminPosted on Categories Criminal law 6 Comments on Son of Kristina Keneally charged with fabricating evidence
Kristina Keneally is a former Premier of NSW and Labor federal Senator.
Earlier this year, she failed to win the federal seat of Fowler from her residence situated at Scotland Island, a water-borne community situated in an estuary called Pittwater, part of Broken Bay in northern Sydney, New South Wales, and lost to local Vietnamese immigrant Dai Le.
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