The value of a penalty unit increases today, 1 July 2009.The value of a penalty unit for the coming financial year will be $116.82. This was published in Victoria Government Gazette S132 on 15 May 2009.The value of a fee unit will also increase, to $11.69.
Day: June 30, 2009
Caution under the new Evidence Act
A familiar debate amongst summary-jurisdiction-practitioners is if an accused is entitled to a caution against self-incrimination before being questioned about a summary offence. While there's always been a judicial discretion to exclude evidence unfairly obtained, there's only an actual statutory requirement for the police to give a caution for a summary offence in very limited …