According to the Law Institute's website, section 10 of the Road Legislation Amendment Act 2009 came into effect today.This section amends section 51 of the Road Safety Act 1986. The Explantory Memorandum explains the provision,amends section 51(1) and (1B) of the Road Safety Act 1986 to decrease the current blood and breath alcohol concentration threshold …
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Further Edit: In DPP (Cth) v Barbaro & A-G (Vic)(2009) 20 VR 717 the Court observed that there will be circumstances where the actual or antipated delay of a trial is of such magnitude that risks which would, in other circumstances, be regarded as unacceptable may properly be viewed as acceptable.Pasquale Barbaro applied for bail …
Dr Manhattan posted 2 weeks ago about investigative powers v human rights.ABC National's The Law Report is this week discussing the same case, and coercive questioning by police. Apparently that very issue is about to be decided by the European Court of Human Rights.You might remember academics Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke (who has not …
AustLII have been publishing the decisions of District Courts (the equivalent of our County Court) from other states for some time.They had been on record as saying they weren't interested in publishing the decisions of the summary jurisdiction. But last year the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner made a substantial grant to AustLII, and they wanted …
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AustLII have been publishing the decisions of District Courts (the equivalent of our County Court) from other states for some time.They had been on record as saying they weren't interested in publishing the decisions of the summary jurisdiction. But last year the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner made a substantial grant to AustLII, and they wanted …
Continue reading Magistrates’ and County Court decisions now available on AustLII