Legal citations at La Trobe

I've mentioned this before, but a tip as useful as this is worth repeating. Perhaps I've just got used to it over time, but I haven't found anything nearly as user friendly for getting me to the search engine I need for the law report series I am after.Bookmark the On-line Case Law page of …

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The course of justice

Edit: The case of Regina v OM [2011] NSWCCA 109 illustrates how very serious charges can spin out of a minor incident.My curiosity was piqued by the Elucubrator's post on Monday about the ability (or not) of law enforcers to trespass while in the course of their investigations. The facts in Brown v Spectacular Views …

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Childrens’ Court rulings now on AustLII

I'm not sure when this happened but there is now a Childrens' Court of Victoria icon at AustLII. The cases are both criminal prosecutions and child protection applications, with identifying features suitably anonymonised.Judge Grant and Magistrate Power (previously mentioned here) are the two most frequent contributors, but other magistrates' decisions are presented as well.Some cases …

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Childrens' Court rulings now on AustLII

I'm not sure when this happened but there is now a Childrens' Court of Victoria icon at AustLII. The cases are both criminal prosecutions and child protection applications, with identifying features suitably anonymonised.Judge Grant and Magistrate Power (previously mentioned here) are the two most frequent contributors, but other magistrates' decisions are presented as well.Some cases …

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Family Violence Bench Book

There has been some information about intervention orders on the Judicial College website for a while.There is a 12-page overview, a summary of important provisions, and some checklists. These have been around since the legislation was overhauled 3 years ago and are useful for practitioners trying to get to grips with the system. Recently the …

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