Edit: The Judicial College have updated their Charge Book since this post was written. (Thanks to Habeas Corpus for letting me know). Commentary on De Montero's case can be found around 7.2.9.What's the difference between careless and dangerous driving? The obvious answer is the penalty. A person found guilty of careless driving may or may …
Month: April 2010
R v Williamson [2009] QSC 434: the ends justify the means
They're a little strange up there in the Sunshine State - and I'm not just talking about the policemen who wear shorts and judges who Google legal terms rather than asking for submissions from counsel. In The Queen v Williamson [2009] QSC 434, the Queensland Supreme Court needed to determine the admissibility of some highly …
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JADE: another electronic judgement resource
A colleague recently put me on to JADE (judgments and decisions enhanced). It's provided or supported by BarNet, which —it turns out — has been around for 8 years. BarNet is run in NSW, primarily aimed at barristers at the NSW Bar, though it's not (it seems) a NSW Bar committee or service.JADE provides an …
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It pays to advertise …
Something I tripped over on the Law Institute of Victoria's website:In July 2010 the LIV will launch the first edition of the National Guide of Expert Witnesses. The LIV is offering the opportunity to advertise as an expert witness in the guide, which will be widely circulated. Why not, I suppose. There has to be …
Fingerprint evidence a matter of impression?
New Zealand criminal lawyer Don Mathias runs a great blog both on Blogger and WordPress.Hat-tip to Don for Evidence of fingerprint matches, mentioning an article in New Scientist on 22 March 2010, Fingerprint evidence to harden up at last.Essentially, it's about the potential for human error in the process of comparing fingerprints and concluding they're …
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