News & Current Affairs

By Carley Hitchins

06.02.23

Disgraceful Display of Policing

Queanbeyan police officers arrested an elderly woman on Thursday 2 February 2023, who was accused of stealing flowers from people’s gardens in Queanbeyan. The woman apparently then gets on the bus to Canberra…

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News

By Peter Woodhouse

23.01.23

Ben Aulich – an update from our Managing Partner

Today I appeared on behalf of my friend and business partner Ben Aulich in the ACT Magistrates Court. During a hearing in November 2022, Ben and his co-accused made applications to cross-examine several…

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Criminal Law

By Taufiq Arahman

20.01.23

Is True Crime an unethical, sensationalist media form exploiting real horrific tragedies?

The surge of the true crime space within the online community has revealed an unending desire for true crime content. Since the secret is out, bite sized clips, podcasts and numerous docuseries have…

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News & Current Affairs  .  Criminal Law

By Peter Woodhouse

05.12.22

ACT DPP must resign

On Saturday, The Australian published an explosive story by Janet Albrechtsen and Stephen Rice that revealed what those of us in the inner circles of the ACT criminal justice system have known for…

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Criminal Law

By Phoebe Tulk

25.11.22

Police abuse powers of arrest – again

In August 2015, Mr Danny Lim was in the suburb of Edgecliff in Sydney in New South Wales wearing a sandwich board across which was written “TONY YOU CUN’T” on the front. NSW…

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Criminal Law  .  Law Updates

By Minuri Dharmasena

21.11.22

A quick job, not a good job: ACT evidence laws could change before Bruce Lehrmann’s retrial

The ACT Government is pushing for urgent amendments to evidence laws in the ACT. The amendments would allow the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (the DPP) to obtain audio-visual recordings of…

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Criminal Law

By Satomi Hamon

14.11.22

Copaganda: Stay vigilant and critical

What is copaganda? The team copaganda is a portmanteau of cop and propaganda and is used to describe any form of media, news coverage, or social media content that portrays police and law…

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News

By Peter Woodhouse

10.11.22

Ben Aulich – an update from our Managing Partner

Today I appeared on behalf of my friend and business partner Ben Aulich in the ACT Magistrates Court, instructing David Campbell SC. Both Ben and his co-accused made applications to cross-examine several police…

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Criminal Law

By Peter Woodhouse

04.11.22

Government’s promise to increase the age of criminal responsibility – the devil is in the detail

The ACT Government has been banging on about their commitment to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 for all offences for at least the last couple of years.  Those with legal…

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News & Current Affairs

By Erin Taylor

28.10.22

Trial by media – anonymity vs infamy in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann

You would have been living under a rock yesterday if you did not see the media frenzy that followed the discharging of the jury in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann for the alleged…

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