By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Jason Adams was staying at Nikita Hanson’s Raymond Terrace house on 28 February 2020, as a condition of bail, when the situation deteriorated to the point that Lily Ridgeway and two male friends arrived to assist her with evicting the man on conditional release. After being thrown out, Adams… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Far-right extremist Wade John Homewood was arrested by New South Wales police officers in November 2021, over numerous social media posts to his two accounts, which advocated extreme violence and included suggestions to execute prominent political figures, as well as the murder of all nonwhite peoples. The thousands of… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim New South Wales Police News reported last Thursday that a 16-year-old boy had been charged with a terrorism offence, “following an investigation by the Joint Counter Terrorism Team Sydney into an alleged stabbing at a Sydney church”. This relates the stabbing of an priest in the western Sydney suburb… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Natalia Mikhaylova faced a Local Court defended hearing over two counts of common assault, which is an offence under section 61 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) carrying a maximum penalty of 2 years in prison. The charges were dismissed by the NSW Local Court in November 2023, as… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Both coming into effect on 1 July 2015, the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) (the Uniform Law) and the Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015 (the Conduct Rules), establish the rules that regulate the conduct of lawyers in New South Wales, over and above the responsibilities… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Sometime after 8 pm on 15 January 2022, the then 14-year-old Thomas entered the kitchen, where his mother SJ was making him dinner and his then 51-year-old stepfather SR was also present, with the older couple having recently returned from a six-hour-long celebratory lunch and drinks. SR commenced calling… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Ibrahim Ghazzawy was living in Sydney and is said to have adopted the Islamic State political outlook by the age of 18, at which point, in early 2014, he had his passport seized by Australian authorities as he planned to fly to Morocco, as it was claimed he sought… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim NSW police issued Angelika Kosciolek with a $3,000 fine at Thegoa Lagoon, which is on the outskirts of the town of Wentworth in far western NSW. The 13 September 2021 penalty notice was issued in relation to the offence described as “Leave Greater Sydney for Prescribed Purposes Without Permit”…. Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal (NSWCCA) confirmed in a 19 February 2024 ruling that the offence of the offence of drug driving in New South Wales is an absolute liability offence, which means the long relied upon legal defence of honest and reasonable mistake of fact is not… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim “In my view, it is clearly inappropriate that personal references used in sentencing proceedings are generated by, or with the assistance of” a large language model program, determined ACT Supreme Court Justice David Mossop two weeks ago. And as to why, his Honour explained that “if they are not… Read more »
