A couple of years ago the VLRC conducted a review of the system of bail in Victoria. Their Final Report was handed down on 10 October 2007. Prominent recommendations included a plain English rewrite of the Act and the removal of the reverse onus test, but overall there were 157 recommendations of the Commission. The …
Month: August 2009
Legislation Watch: Justice Legislation Further Amendment Bill 2009
The Justice Legislation Further Amendment Bill 2009 had its second reading moved in Parliament's Assembly last week.It'll be back before the House in a week's time, and it's unlikely to encounter any difficulty passing. The Bill's human rights compatibility statement can be found in Hansard here.It's omnibus legislation, designed to provide a nip-and-tuck to a …
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Expert evidence on sentence
Most people who follow local news will have heard of the terrible assault on a Fitzroy man by his housemate in August of last year.The victim suffered burns to 12 per cent of his body when boiling oil was poured over him whilst he slept. His assailant pled guilty to a change of intentionally causing …
Email in evidence
The Queensland Bar produces an online journal called Hearsay.The current edition has an interesting article on forged emails, prompted by the recent OzCar imbruglio in federal politics, written by Dr Bradley Schatz.He discusses a couple of cases dealing with the use of emails in evidence, and establishing their provenance.When the Evidence Act 2008 commences operation, …
One thousand and one visitors
In case you missed it (see our privacy information), we use Google analytics to get some idea of where our visitors are from and what content they find the most interesting.It's not as Orwellian as it might seem: we can't see who you are, and the statistics rely (I think) on information provided from your …