On Thursday I posted something about the common law offence of attempting to pervert the course of justice.The fact that making a false allegation of a crime may be an attempt to pervert the course of justice is well documented. Perhaps it should be obvious, but false submissions on a plea of mitigation can be …
Tag: UK
Virtual justice
Update: Back in 2009 I posted about the introduction of video-feeds between courtrooms and police stations in the UK. A couple of weeks ago the ABC's Law Report did a follow-up on how that system is working.As the Magistrates' Court of Victoria unveils its new virtual tour (following in the footsteps of Tasmania and South …
Magistrates' Court Bench Book
Speaking of bench books, I predicted last year that a Victorian Magistrates' Court Bench Book (probably available in electronic form from the JCV) was just around the corner. It's sorely needed. Any expectation that judicial officers sitting in the summary jurisdiction can have knowledge of the many orders, applications and actions that the Magistrates' Court …
Magistrates’ Court Bench Book
Speaking of bench books, I predicted last year that a Victorian Magistrates' Court Bench Book (probably available in electronic form from the JCV) was just around the corner. It's sorely needed. Any expectation that judicial officers sitting in the summary jurisdiction can have knowledge of the many orders, applications and actions that the Magistrates' Court …
False accounting
Here in Victoria, an offence of false-accounting contrary to s 83 of the Crimes Act 1958 is made out only if the documents are required for or prepared in connection with the accounting records of a business: R v Jenkins (2002) 6 VR 81. Examples provided by our Court of Appeal were balance sheets, profit …