Australian Consumer Law converter

Consumer law isn't a regular feature of criminal cases, but, I reckon this was an interesting find anyway.Thomson's (Law Book Co) have a free iPad and iPhone app, Australian Consumer Law Converter, which allows the user to view old Trade Practices Act provisions and link to their equivalents in the Australian Consumer Law.Even if you …

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Stealing rubbish?

With only 3 major wars overseas, and the aftermath of floods in Victoria and Queensland, and the earthquate and tsunami in Japan to keep the media occupied, I guess yesterday was a slow news day. For a big item was the report that the police might be about to charge a man with stealing a …

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Summary Case Conference Service Charter

The Victoria Police website says that Summary Case Conferencing is now going on at sittings of the Magistrates' Court across the state.This Summary Case Conference Service Charter commits the police to the following pledges:At all main metropolitan courts an ‘at court’ service will be available between 9.00am and 1.00pm.Between 2.00pm and 4.00pm the Summary Case …

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