For the most part I've so far avoided in this blog discussing personalities in our legal system, even though there are some larger-than-life characters who frequent our courts, both on the Bench and at the Bar Table.Today I'm making an exception to that self-imposed rule.Today, my former colleague, mentor, and my friend, Ian Dunn, retires …
Month: July 2012
Eade v The Queen [2012] VSCA 142: unintended arson doesn't deserve jail
Last week the Court of Appeal held that Benjamin Eade and Brent Vanstone were not guilty of destroying a building by fire when they deliberately lit plastic wrapping on milk crates in that building, and that fire subsequently burnt down the Camperdown Milk and Cheese Factory.Eade v The Queen [2012] VSCA 142 considered Crimes Act …
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Eade v The Queen [2012] VSCA 142: unintended arson doesn’t deserve jail
Last week the Court of Appeal held that Benjamin Eade and Brent Vanstone were not guilty of destroying a building by fire when they deliberately lit plastic wrapping on milk crates in that building, and that fire subsequently burnt down the Camperdown Milk and Cheese Factory.Eade v The Queen [2012] VSCA 142 considered Crimes Act …
Continue reading Eade v The Queen [2012] VSCA 142: unintended arson doesn’t deserve jail