The judgment of Maxwell P and Buchanan JA in R v Ververis & Ververis restates many familiar principles of sentencing. One that I was unaware of is that incompetent or flawed attempts to manufacture illicit drugs may be considered less serious than efforts with better prospects for success.There's logic to it. Offences under s 71AA, …
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R v Ververis & Ververis: incompetent cooks
The judgment of Maxwell P and Buchanan JA in R v Ververis & Ververis restates many familiar principles of sentencing. One that I was unaware of is that incompetent or flawed attempts to manufacture illicit drugs may be considered less serious than efforts with better prospects for success.There's logic to it. Offences under s 71AA, …
Transitional evidence provisions
One of the most troubling questions for practioners about the Evidence Act 2008 late last year was whether it was going to apply retrospectively.There were problems with either option. If the applicable law depended on when the alleged offence occurred (or perhaps the charge was filed), practitioners would have to prepare themselves for a contested …
Notices to Appear
Notices to Appear are a new method for police and other authorised officials to require an accused person to appear before the Magistrates' Court. They are an alternative to summons or bail procedures, and may be used for any summary offence or indictable offence triable summarily. The form of a Notice to Appear is set …
JCV online test 2
The Judicial College of Victoria released the second part of their online evidence self-test yesterday.There are ten questions to test your knowledge of relevance, opinion evidence and the discretions. Like the last part, you'll probably need to refer to the Evidence Act 2008 to complete it.Good luck!