On Wednesday the 20th of January 2021, the Cairns Queensland Court held Goodstart Early Learning Centre childcare worker Ms Dionne Batrice Grills’ criminal charge for involuntary manslau
When someone is charged with a criminal offence, police normally seek to obtain admission from a suspect or a person of interest.
Police are very good interviewers and investigators, adapt at e
When a person is charged with a criminal offence, the police either post or hand the accused person with what is called a Court Attendance Notice (CAN) that includes a copy of the police Full Facts
Police can use ‘reasonable force’ when they are arresting a person suspected of a crime.
Reasonable force has no exhaustive legal definition and what will be considered reasonable f
Police may one day ask you or someone you know to come to a police interview. Or ask you after an arrest whether you wish to partake in an electronic recorded police interview called an ERISP (Elec
Following on with part 1 of our post into the over-representation of Indigenous Australians in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) this post briefly delves into the Royal Commission into Aboriginal D
Being criminal responsible for a crime is said to being able to distinguish between the right and wrongness of the crime.
Adults for the most part are thought of as criminally responsible by th
Statistical information regarding the population incarceration rates in Australia reveals that even though Indigenous Australians make up only approximately 1.9% of the Australia’s population
It is well known in the legal industry that a prosecutor in a criminal matter must disclose relevant documents to the accused person or his defence team.
However, disclosure request from an acc
People often assume especially juries that when there is forensic evidence available and an expert is testifying in a criminal trial regarding the forensic evidence the truth of what they are sayin
