Does NSW still have a Right to Silence? By National Criminal Lawyers Historically, the right of silence came about when individuals and society began to frown upon a practice that had developed in England in the early sixteenth century. In short, Star Chambers and Ecclesiastical Tribunals regularly resorted to torture and physical punishment to…
The balancing exercise between criminal acts and trumped up police facts By National Criminal Lawyers Being charged with a criminal or traffic offence can be a daunting experience. It could be the first time you have ever been in trouble with the law. What is more stressful is when the Police allege that you did…
GUNS AMNESTY AND SUGGESTED REFORMS OF GUN LICENCE LAWS National Criminal Lawyers NSW Police and the state government have announced a state-wide firearms amnesty, giving people three months to give up or register their illegal firearms without penalty. This comes just before the shooting of two teenagers at the hands of their licensed firearm holder…
Sniffer NO – Abuse of Police Powers By National Criminal Lawyers A little over a month since Pill testing occurred at a Canberra music festival police followed through with their released statement that drug detection dogs will patrol the Above and Beyond Sydney music Festival and refuse entry not only to those found in possession of…
PILL TESTING LABS AT MUSIC FESTIVALS By National Criminal Lawyers Let’s face it if you’re under 25 and say you have never tried “so called recreational drugs” you’re probably a liar, but you’re probably a fool if you say that you do. A study of drug reports by The American drug addiction information service “Project…
In the Westminster Legal system (The legal system In Australia and NSW), the lawyer/client relationship is recognised as a trust-based relationship. That is to say, the relationship is one wherein (the client) places her or his trust, reliance, confidence and faith in another (the lawyer), whose advice and/or representation is sought in some matter. National…
There is an old trial lawyers’ saying “When the facts are on your side, pound the facts into the Jury. When the law is on your side, pound the law into the Judge. When neither is on your side, pound the table”. Advocacy Advocacy is the art of persuasion. If an Advocate persuades they will…
An Australian Federal Police (AFP) employee has been refused bail over the alleged manslaughter of his mother, who prosecutors say suffered an “undignified and agonising death”. Phillip Joseph Thompson, who is also a former New South Wales Police officer, and his brother David Thompson were charged with the manslaughter of their mother in September last…
A man who was accused of trying to abduct a young boy from a western Sydney school has succeeded in having most of the charges against him dropped. The incident unfolded in front of television crews at Bennett Road Public School in Colyton in November 2015 after parents called police. Garang Aguern, 42, was seen…
A man sentenced to three months in jail for sexual exhibitionism in a Sydney hardware store has had his sentence suspended following a successful appeal. A sexual exhibitionist who committed an act of indecency in front of a young female hardware store worker has walked from a Sydney court after successfully appealing a three-month prison…
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