23.07.18
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…
29.06.18
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…
20.06.18
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…
20.06.18
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…
12.06.18
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…
06.06.18
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…
28.05.18
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…
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….
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…
04.05.18
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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