News & Current Affairs

By Aulich

16.08.17

Should Confessions Remain Confidential in Cases of Child Abuse?

The question of whether priests should report crimes told during confessional has recently been considered in a comprehensive investigation by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. This investigation culminated…

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Criminal Law

By Aulich

19.06.17

The most pressing issues facing clients charged with a criminal offence

The police have just knocked on your door and informed you that you have been charged with a criminal offence. What goes through your mind? Here are answers to some of the most…

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Criminal Law

By Tom Taylor

31.03.17

Sentencing: Is the length of a sentence the measure of justice?

Courts around the country are filled with horrendous crimes, stories of tragedy, broken lives, and disadvantaged people. The role of Courts in sentencing offenders is often misplaced. Courts do not administer justice they…

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Criminal Law

By Kate Gunther

26.02.17

She’s a witch! Burn her!

Go and hunt her And find her And kill her  Good fortune, Witch Hunters! …What a ridiculous notion, everyone knows it is dangerous to jump to conclusions like that. However, as a defence…

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Criminal Law

By Ben Aulich & Associates Ben Aulich & Associates

29.11.16

Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk

Knowing your legal rights when it comes to music festivals With increasing police presence at music festivals, it is no surprise that more and more Australians are being arrested and charged for minor…

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Criminal Law

By Peter Woodhouse

10.08.16

How do you sleep at night?

I know, I know – it’s a cliché.  But it is a question that I am constantly asked as soon as I tell people that I am a criminal defence lawyer. There are…

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Criminal Law

By Ben Aulich

28.07.16

In defence of Canberra’s Corrective Services Officers

Principal Ben Aulich shares his personal experience of Canberra’s corrective services officers following this week’s Four Corners Report. There is no doubt that the recent disturbing Four Corners Report into children being gassed,…

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Criminal Law

By Jane Carey

22.07.16

My child is not a criminal: Teenagers Sexting

Picture a typical Australian Mother at home, receiving a phone call, out of the blue, from an Australian Federal Police officer about her 15 year old daughter: “I’m afraid she has been charged…

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Criminal Law  .  News & Current Affairs

By Tom Taylor

07.07.16

“You do not have to say or do anything”: Why you should not answer police questions

It is a scenario any one of us could face when we least expect it and a client’s most common question. Should I be answering police questions? Whether innocent or otherwise, police may…

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Criminal Law  .  News & Current Affairs

By Ben Aulich & Associates Ben Aulich & Associates

23.06.16

ADFA cadet accused of raping fellow Defence member pleads not guilty

A 19-year-old Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) cadet charged with raping a female cadet in Canberra has pleaded not guilty. It is alleged Jack Toby Mitchell raped the 18-year-old woman while she was…

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