Judicial Registrars have been operating now in the Magistrates' Court for 5 years.The Courts Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2010 will bring JRs into the County, Supreme, Coroner's and Childrens' Courts. As with the Magistrates' Court, the appointment of a Judicial Registrar will be for a maximum five year term.In blurring the lines between two previously …
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Melbourne Law School is teaching animal law to undergraduate students for the first time this year. The head of the Barristers Animal Welfare Panel, Graeme McEwen, will be intimately involved with the course's delivery. Areas covered include constitutional issues affecting animal welfare, administrative law remedies and consideration of the rights of protesters.The Subject Overview reads,The …
Markovic pled guilty to 11 counts of deception in the County Court. In a separate hearing, Pantelic pled guilty to three charges relating to child pornography. Both men were sentenced to terms of imprisonment, and sought leave to appeal their sentences. In Markovic v The Queen; Pantelic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105, the Court …
Given the criticism I gave them last year over the way their change in editorship was handled, it's time I gave the Bar News some credit before its current issue disappears from the website and becomes difficult to find.In particular, the article by George Golvan QC is a gem. His message - that trials are …
In 2006, through the introduction of the Infringements Act 2006, a discrete offence of driving with a suspended licence was inserted at s 30AA of the Road Safety Act 1986.The offence relates solely to licence suspensions as a result of the Infringements Act, and reads,30AA Offence to drive while licence suspended under Infringements Act 2006A …