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 …
Month: May 2009
Tweaks to the site
I read up on how to implement something called fluid-width instead of fixed-width on the blog, and I think I've got it right.You might notice the blog fills more of the page. If you're using a 600 x 800 resolution, you probably won't see much change, but I tried to ensure the blog will still …
Gambling addiction isn't mitigatory
Edit: One of the reasons given why a gambling adddiction doesn't fit within the application of Verdins is because, to quote Redlich JA in Grossi, "it will frequently be the case that crimes associated with gambling addiction will have been repeated and extended over a protracted period." In R v Cusack, it was argued that …
Gambling addiction isn’t mitigatory
Edit: One of the reasons given why a gambling adddiction doesn't fit within the application of Verdins is because, to quote Redlich JA in Grossi, "it will frequently be the case that crimes associated with gambling addiction will have been repeated and extended over a protracted period." In R v Cusack, it was argued that …
No general duty to rescue
We're not usually interested in discussions of negligence torts law, but this case might have implications in the Magistrates' Court. In Stuart v Kirkland-Veenstra [2009] HCA 15, the High Court considered if police officers owe a duty of care to prevent a person from committing suicide.The Victorian Court of Appeal previously held that a duty …