A significant debate seems to be occurring in the UK at the moment, though from 12,000 miles away it's hard to quite know what it's all really about or how it might finish, and whether it might have any effect here in Australia.But, if the concerns are legitimate — and there are enough informed participants …
Private contractors responsible for contracted State obligations?
R v Applied Language Solutions [2013] EWCA Crim 326 is a recent costs decision from the UK Court of Appeal considered the obligations of a private contractor to provide court interpreters.But more than that, in this age of contracting various functions traditionally performed directly by the government, it suggested that private contractors who willingly assume …
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Case theory: what happened; why?
The Australian Bar Association runs occasional advocacy training through the Advocacy Training Council, offering courses on essential and advanced trial advocacy, as well as appellate advocacy.In February, the blog of Derwent & Tamar Chambers in Tasmania (worth a follow) linked to a paper on case theory prepared by Justice Kenneth Martin from the WA Supreme …
Privacy
I installed code on this blog that allows Google Analytics to monitor usage. This can show which browsers and Operating Systems are viewing the site, and in some cases it will also show the Network you're on when you view the site, but not who you are or where you are — other than possibly …
Blowback: consequences from legal aid cuts
Recent events in Afghanistan and Iraq brought the intelligence communities' phrase 'blowback' to public consciousness.At its most basic, it's about unintended consequences; often ones that the actor actual intended to avoid, and yet by their actions, brought about.Recent legal aid cuts in Victoria might be a case in point.The UK has also recently gone through …