The government brought in some changes to seatbelt laws last December, partly in reaction to some horror smashes on the roads. Extra provisions were inserted into Schedule 4 of the Road Safety (Road Rules) Regulations via the (imaginatively titled) Road Safety (Road Rules)(Seatbelt) Amendment Regulations 2008.The intent of the changes was to increase fines for …
Day: May 21, 2009
Losing evidence might mean losing the case: R v Edwards
Edit: Reference was made to R v Edwards when the Court of Appeal refused to grant a permanent stay in Wells v The Queen [2010] VSCA 100. It was argued that the accused suffered an irreparable forensic disadvantage in defending a charge of culpable driving the vehicle he'd been driving having been scrapped.Ashley JA [beginning …
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Emailing judges
Further Edit: The County Court Practice Direction on communication with associates is here.Edit: Many thanks to Stephen Warne for this post drawing my attention to the Federal Court's decision in John Holland Rail Pty Ltd v Comcare [2011] FCAFC 34 where the Court succinctly stated the relevant principles of ex parte communication [at 12]: 12 …