By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim On 22 September 2019, Cody Perrin was arrested on charges of assault and intentionally or recklessly damaging or destroying property in relation to a domestic situation where an apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO) was in place for the protection of his partner. On 14 January 2020, he was refused… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim During Paul Newburn’s 16 December 2020 sentencing hearing, it was an accepted fact that in having fatally stabbed Glen Smith in the Lake Macquarie suburb of Bolton Point in January the year prior, the offender had the intention of causing grievous bodily harm rather than death. Newburn and his… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim NSW premier Dominic Perrottet has a set of fourteen priorities, one of which aims to reduce the adult recidivism rate in this state by 5 percent by 2023. The recidivism, or reoffending, rate involves the number of inmates leaving prison and being reconvicted within a certain timeframe. Statistics show that… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim In reaching a decision as to why Titus Day should not be refused bail following conviction, NSW Supreme Court Justice Peter Garling analysed a provision requiring bail to be refused unless there are exceptional or special circumstances in his final findings of 18 July2022, which pointed to the deficiencies of… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim With the recent rise in climate defenders taking nonviolent direct action in NSW, there are increasing numbers of otherwise law-abiding citizens coming into contact with the criminal justice system, who are most often being sentenced to community-based orders. The imposition of such penalties can be somewhat confusing, especially as… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Referred to as ET in the NSW court system, as he was 17 at the time of his offending, a member of the gang the Claymore Boys has just been released on conditional bail over the death of 18-year-old Alex Ioane at a house party, which turned into an… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim NSW police executed a warrant at the home of Enrico Delzotto in the southern NSW town of Mulwala on 1 July 2020. Officers seized the 57-year-old chef’s laptop, tablet and phone, on which, a forensic digital analysis found, there were 2,653 files containing child abuse material. The analysis further… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim The NSW government rushed through new bail laws last week, with many including criminal lawyers asserting that the amendments are ill-considered and could represent an obstacle to certain defendants being able to undertake important programs and demonstrate rehabilitation in the lead-up to the finalisation of their cases. The laws,… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Australian Border Force officers performed warrantless searches of 41,410 electronic devices belonging to passengers at international airports from January 2017 through to December 2021. These searches involved smartphones, laptops and other devices, such as removable storage drives. Obtained by IT News via a freedom of information request, these figures provide a… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim The High Court determined last week that Abbott-era powers that permit dual citizens to be stripped of their Australian citizenship, if suspected of engaging in terrorism activity overseas, are unconstitutional. The citizenship laws were initially drafted by then immigration minister Peter Dutton in 2015 and subsequently amended by him in… Read more »
