Sydney Radiologist Sentenced to Jail for Using Carriage Service to Menace and Offend Former Tinder Date
It is reported that a radiologist in Sydney has been sentenced to jail for sending threatening messages to a previous tinder date. 41-year-old Denise Lee, a Sydney radiologist pleaded guilty before being sentenced to 9-months imprisonment for using a carriage service to menace charges. It’s reported that the 41-year-old radiologist has met Matthew Holberton ...continue reading
What are the Rules Around NSW Police Strip Searching a Person?
241,000 is the number that has been given to NSW Police Officers, representing the quota for conducting personal searches, including strip searches on people for the 2019 financial year. In fact, in 2019, NSW Police failed to meet its quota by just under 2000 searches. NSW Greens managed to obtained the shocking revelation through the ...continue reading
What is a Criminal Lawyers’ Role?
Criminal lawyers represent people from all walks of life. Unfortunately, movies and TV shows have portrayed criminal lawyers in a bad light, prompting members of the public asking the question criminal lawyers get asked too often, “but how can you defend a criminal?”, or “how can you defend a guilty person?”. Too often we ...continue reading
What is Self-Defence Under the Law in NSW?
It is reported that on new year’s eve, as Pope Francis walked in Vatican City whilst greeting pilgrims on his way towards the cobble esplanade, footage has emerged of a woman from the crowd grabbing the Pope’s hand and pulling him towards her. The act appears to cause the Pope pain, as the footage ...continue reading
Law on Revenge Porn & Image-Based Sexual Abuse in Australia
It is reported that a 25-year-old Nepalese man in Adelaide allegedly made threats to his former partner to disclose and share her intimate images and videos to her relatives and social media. Police allege that he made threats to share her intimate images and videos onto social media and her relatives after he discovered ...continue reading
The Law on Blackmail and Extortion in NSW
It is reported that the 2015 season contestant from the Block, 49-year-old Suzi Taylor has been charged with extorting and detaining her tinder date. It is alleged that she lured her tinder date before assaulting him for financial gain. Police allege that the tinder date, a 33-year-old man visited a house in a Riverside ...continue reading
The Law on Strip Searches in NSW
Imagine a sniffer dog incorrectly indicates to police that you have drugs on you outside the entrance of a music festival, which causes police to form a suspicion you have illicit drugs on you, but you actually don’t. Imagine, then police escort you away in view of everyone watching this infold, and you are ...continue reading
A Guide on the Law on Making Hoax Bomb Threats in Australia?
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Given today’s security-conscious times, particularly in the face of mounting terrorism, it’s not surprising that jokes and inappropriate statements about false bomb threats are no longer tolerated. Indeed, a seemingly flippant gag may humour the joker. But for the people facing the possibility of a bomb threat, it ...continue reading
A Guide on the Penalties for Harassing, Offending or Menacing Using a Phone
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Harassing or offending phone calls can be one of the most stressful and alarming events a person experiences in terms of their privacy. From calls that are threatening to those simply unwanted, harassment via phone – or even text messages and other communication platforms – is both abusive ...continue reading
The Law on Using a Carriage Service to Make a Hoax Threat in Australia
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Australians love a good jest. Not only is it ingrained in our culture, for many of us, when discussing or dealing with serious matters, it is considered the “Australian way” to make light of a sombre affair by making some sort of amusing remark about it or simply ...continue reading