Edit: Costs were awarded against the Magistrates' Court: Zukanovic v Magistrates' Court of Victoria at Moorabbin (No 2) [2011] VSC 160.This incident of apparent courtroom contempt was originally noted here.The bubble-blower, Zukanovic, was found guilty of contempt in the face of the Magistrates' Court and sentenced to a month's imprisonment. He was released on bail …
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Zukanovic v Magistrates' Court at Moorabbin [2011] VSC 141: judicial review of a contempt proceeding
Edit: Costs were awarded against the Magistrates' Court: Zukanovic v Magistrates' Court of Victoria at Moorabbin (No 2) [2011] VSC 160.This incident of apparent courtroom contempt was originally noted here.The bubble-blower, Zukanovic, was found guilty of contempt in the face of the Magistrates' Court and sentenced to a month's imprisonment. He was released on bail …
Sing a song of sixpence? DPP v Twenty Fourth Trengganu Pty Ltd [2011] VSCA 92
We don't get very many appellate decisions on the Confiscation Act 1997, and even fewer from the Court of Appeal.DPP v Twenty Fourth Trengganu Pty Ltd [2011] VSCA 92 was delivered by the Court of Appeal earlier this week. The company Twenty Fourth Trengganu Pty Ltd applied to exclude a car from being restrained for …
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Summary Case Conference Service Charter
The Victoria Police website says that Summary Case Conferencing is now going on at sittings of the Magistrates' Court across the state.This Summary Case Conference Service Charter commits the police to the following pledges:At all main metropolitan courts an ‘at court’ service will be available between 9.00am and 1.00pm.Between 2.00pm and 4.00pm the Summary Case …
‘As soon as practicable’
It's a useful phrase. It doesn't mean I'll do it now and it doesn't mean I'm never going to do it. The beauty (and vice) lies in nobody knowing exactly what it means.In Legal Services Board v Werden [2011] VSC 74 the defendant, a solicitor who had ripped off his clients, successfully resisted an application …