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
Many of us have found the occasional and sometimes more than the occasional traffic infringement notice (driving fine) in our letter box.
Below is a brief but very useful blog on how to get a f
Preethi’s Law
New changes may be coming soon to the current Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act in NSW.
It is named after Ms Preethi Reddy, a young dentist who was murde
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
