Created on: 23.07.18 | Updated on: 09.09.20
What Is the Serious Overseas Criminal Matters Scheme (SOCMS)? Cassie Sainsbury was facing a 30-year sentence in Columbia for attempting to smuggle cocaine out of the country. Thanks to legal assistance, she was able to…
Created on: 29.06.18 | Updated on: 18.06.24
The Effects of a Criminal Conviction Ideally, offenders are rehabilitated after being convicted of a crime. A desire to “go straight” and to avoid another encounter with the police motivates many offenders to pursue a…
Created on: 20.06.18 | Updated on: 14.06.24
How to make a citizen’s arrest You are witness to a carjacking or you see someone snatch a women’s purse and run away. What do you? Do you call the police, do you turn a…
Created on: 20.06.18 | Updated on: 16.06.24
The NSW Drug Court: How Does It Work? Many offenders who enter the criminal justice system have a drug problem. Even if they are not arrested for a drug crime, their drug addiction is the…
Created on: 12.06.18 | Updated on: 13.06.24
How Much Money Do Lawyers Make? Every Australian wants to do well in life, but “doing well” isn’t necessarily the same as having a high income. Lawyers perform a public service by helping people navigate…
Created on: 06.06.18 | Updated on: 28.08.20
Our Director and Principal Adam Ly appeared on ABC National Radio as a guest on their “Law Report” Podcast on 5 June 2018 (from 21.30 mins onwards). Listen to the podcast: It was a great…
Created on: 28.05.18 | Updated on: 11.06.24
Ten of Australia’s Most Notorious Criminal Cases A psychiatrist out for revenge, a young mother bludgeoned to death with a fire hydrant and human remains found in a suitcase, these are some of Australia’s most…
Created on: 16.05.18 | Updated on: 16.05.18
Is Video Recording Someone in Public Illegal? As photographer Ken Duncan took pictures at Sydney’s Barangaroo Reserve, he was accosted by rangers for engaging in commercial photography without paying a fee or obtaining a permit….
Created on: 11.05.18 | Updated on: 11.05.18
Pill Testing at Music Festivals: How does it work? A 15-year-old girl from Sydney collapsed and stopped breathing at the Maitland leg of the Groovin the Moo festival in April. Fortunately, she was revived by…
Created on: 04.05.18 | Updated on: 09.09.20
Cocaine: Australia’s new drug of choice? In the 1990s there was a heroin crisis. More recently newspaper headlines were besieged with the horrors of people addicted to crystal meth. Are these still two of the…
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