The Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 came into effect today. The Act is available from the Parliamentary website here and it has already made its way on to AustLII here. The new Act brings the intervention order regime for non-family members into line with the one under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008. They …
Month: September 2011
Singh v The Queen [2011] VSCA 263: when is a witness available?
DPP v Nicholls [2010] VSC 397 clarified that unavailable in relation to a witness means something more than just not in court. It was already apparent from the definition in the Dictionary of the Evidence Act 2008, but Nicholls confirmed it. What does available mean?Singh v The Queen [2011] VSCA 263 is an interlocutory, mid-trial …
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