By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim The unique aspect of law enforcement is that the state allows officers of the law to legally apply physical force or violence towards civilians, and, in the case of the NSW Police Force (NSWPF), this permission to commit acts of force, otherwise illegal, in the line of duty, is… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim An appraisal of the Berejiklian government enacted two-year drug supply prohibition order (DSPO) pilot scheme, which commenced in May 2022 in four regions throughout New South Wales, has found that although the initiative resulted in a “small number of orders and convictions made”, most stakeholders consulted on its effectiveness… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim As the state’s top judge, New South Wales Chief Justice Andrew Bell, gave the annual opening of the law term address on 6 February 2025, his Honour identified a number of threats to maintaining the rule of law in the jurisdiction of New South Wales, which range from the… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim New South Wales police detective Glen Coleman, who was attached to the sex crimes and child abuse squad, was on temporary assignment at Windsor police station on 17 February 2022, when he commenced inquiries into a case involving a 19-year-old woman, whose cousin was threatening to post intimate photos… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Serotonin is a chemical in the brain that puts a person in a good mood. A lack of serotonin can make a person depressed. The drugs Moclobemide and Venlafaxine can be used to treat low serotonin levels. And a combination of these drugs can produce a psychoactive reaction, making… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim On 28 October 2022, Abbrar Abbas arrived at Sydney Airport, after two days in Fiji. On collecting his baggage and presenting his incoming passenger card to an Australian Border Force officer, the International student was taken to a baggage examination area, and a bottle of yellow liquid was found… Read more »
Emma Stanley became aware that her cousin Seth Harvey had stored firearms, firearms parts and ammunition in the back of a vehicle in her yard and in a manhole under her home in the north central NSW regional town of Dubbo on 18 March 2019. As it turned out, Stanley’s cousin was storing the guns… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Fayez Hatahet travelled to Syria on an Air Jordan flight on 25 September 2012, as he was attempting to secure the release of his brother-in-law, whom he believed was being held by an armed group in that country. However, on arrival, Hatahet went on to engage in hostile activities… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Over 20 January 2021 to 16 June 2022, NSW woman Rania Bazzi perpetrated a string of offences that Justice Richard Button of the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal (NSWCCA) went on to describe as crimes that were not “of the utmost gravity”, but the nine offences she plead guilty… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim After having gone to the bathroom late night on 31 March 2020, Zhiyun Liu returned to bed, equipped with a meat tenderiser and a long knife, and commenced bashing his wife, Ming Zhu Lu, about the head with the mallet and he stabbed her in the sternum and deep… Read more »
