The offences at 83A of the Crimes Act 1958 can be committed in a variety of different ways, though the most common forms allege either the making of a false document or the use of a false document.Charges of making and using a false document are distinct and punishment on both is not double jeopardy: …
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Salt v Godenzi & Anor: the final days of proper venue?
With the introduction of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 the phrase proper venue is soon to become obsolete.The phrase comes with several decades of jurisprudence attached to it. The new Act deliberately avoids using it in s 11.One of the last cases that will consider it is Salt v Godenzi & Anor [2010] VSC 259. …
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Salt v Godenzi & Anor: the final days of proper venue?
With the introduction of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 the phrase proper venue is soon to become obsolete.The phrase comes with several decades of jurisprudence attached to it. The new Act deliberately avoids using it in s 11.One of the last cases that will consider it is Salt v Godenzi & Anor [2010] VSC 259. …
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Gul v Creed & Anor [2010] VSC 185: indecent language is all about context
Stephen Warne is justifiably fond of this legal submission charting the usage and development of the word 'fuck' in the English language. It was prepared by a Colorado public defender to persuade a judge that use of the word by a teen to his high school principal was protected by the US First Amendment.In Bill …
Continue reading Gul v Creed & Anor [2010] VSC 185: indecent language is all about context
Gul v Creed & Anor [2010] VSC 185: indecent language is all about context
Stephen Warne is justifiably fond of this legal submission charting the usage and development of the word 'fuck' in the English language. It was prepared by a Colorado public defender to persuade a judge that use of the word by a teen to his high school principal was protected by the US First Amendment.In Bill …
Continue reading Gul v Creed & Anor [2010] VSC 185: indecent language is all about context