Late last year I mentioned the woes a few of my colleagues had encountered about using iPads in our Magistrates' Courts. I understood there was a policy from the Court in development, but there was no word on it till now.Since then, the Magistrates' Court has taken to twitter itself at @MagCourtVic, and today — …
Month: August 2012
Bright sparks in the Magistrates’ Court
Late last year I mentioned the woes a few of my colleagues had encountered about using iPads in our Magistrates' Courts. I understood there was a policy from the Court in development, but there was no word on it till now.Since then, the Magistrates' Court has taken to twitter itself at @MagCourtVic, and today — …
Lane, beset and Max: public protesting apparently permitted
The Magistrates' Court announced on twitter this week that the DPP decided to not appeal the 23 July 2012 decision dismissing trespass charges against protestors at Max Brenner's chocolate bar in Melbourne from 1 July 2011. (The decision is available on the Magistrates' Court website here.)So, what's the effect of all this?Well, the first thing …
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Puttage
I realised some time ago that, no matter what other rules to follow as an advocate, there is only one rule that should apply to everything an advocate says and does in court. I'm certain it's the only important rule for an advocate to obey, even though it's broken by all advocates some of the …
The recent history of Browne v Dunn
Edit: For a recent example of an appellate court taking a grim view of a practitioner's failure to uphold their obligations, see the civil case of Baulch v Lyndoch Warnambool [2010] VSCA 30.AJA Byrne didn't mince words [at 23]:The conduct of defence counsel in this instance is to be condemned. It was not an inadvertent …