Fishing for a fact? Ostrowski v Palmer

Dr Manhattan's post Mistake of fact, or mistake of law? a couple of weeks ago didn't get around to discussing Ostrowski v Palmer (2004) 218 CLR 493; [2004] HCA 30, the High Court decision about the West Australian fisherman who was fishing where he shouldn't have been. There's a limit to how much we can …

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Culpable driving and complicity

Sad times at the County Court yesterday, as a young man was sentenced for culpable driving for the death of a friend in a crash in September of 2007. As if events weren't tragic enough, both of the young men and their families were from Kinglake, a town that's had more than its share recently.These …

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