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 …
Tag: precedent
King v The Queen [2011] VSCA 69: expert evidence about drugs
King v The Queen [2011] VSCA 69 is an appeal of conviction and sentence for culpable driving. The conviction was upheld but the sentence was moderated to take into account strong mitigating factors.The appeal on conviction questioned the appropriateness of certain jury directions. The Court examined them in light of the previous decisions of R …
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Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen [2010] HCA 45: sentencing statistics and current sentencing practices
Further Edit: Additional remarks, referring to Hudson and Hili, were made by the Court of Appeal in Russell v The Queen [2011] VSCA 147.Buchanan JA [beginning at 2]:A sentencing judge is required to have regard to, inter alia, current sentencing practices[1] and accordingly will take into account in the instinctive synthesis of relevant sentencing considerations …
Rolling stops
Someone told me last week that there's no definition of stop in the Road Rules Dictionary. Edit: That same friend has now sent me this:Strictly speaking, she's wrong. There is a definition but it's an inclusive and exclusive one, not exhaustive, and intended to apply to parking. It reads,stop, in Part 12 and for a …
Honour crimes
Honour crimes are (at least in this post) offences that are motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender's recognised community values.Crimes perpetrated by migrants tend to gain the most media attention, but there's many types of honour crime. Other examples include initiation and punishment rites of bikie gangs, traditional indigenous practices like ritual …