Edit: The 5th edition of Freckelton's Indictable Offences in Victoria is now out. A splash about it cam be found here.A charge is bad for duplicity if there is more than one offence alleged in the one charge.The law doesn't allow duplicity because an accused person has the right to know what is alleged against …
Day: May 5, 2009
Federal Magistrates Court to close
The Federal Magistrates Court of Australia is to be abolished under a restructure plan announced by the Commonwealth Attorney-General Rob McClelland today.The Court was established in 1999 to ease the workloads of the Federal Court and Family Court of Australia. It currently hears the less serious cases in civil litigation, and deals with almost all …