This is the final Legislation Watch for 2010. The Sentencing Amendment Bill 2010 was introduced and passed last week. It had looked like the bill would be put before Parliament and prorogued like the Crimes Amendment (Forensic Procedures) Bill 2010. To the surprise of many (including, it seems, in the parliament), the legislation was put …
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The Crimes Amendment (Forensic Procedures) Bill 2010 was introduced to the lower house yesterday. The Explanatory Memorandum can be read here. A link to a government press release about the Bill is here. The Statement of Compatibility is here, and the Second Reading is here.There are two key changes that are likely to increase the …
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Edit: The RCSI tables - which I previously said were missing from the JCV's website - have now been added. I can't link to them directly but they are at 25.9.2.1 of the Sentencing Manual.The Court of Appeal decided Winch v The Queen [2010] VSCA 141 this week. At issue was the appropriate penalty for …
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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
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