Sydney Woman Charged with Damaging Property by Fire After Allegedly Burning Down Home in Domestic Violence Act
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. It is reported that a young woman has been arrested after she allegedly used a candle to set fire to her own home in Sydney’s north. According to NSW Police Force, at around 10pm on 26 February 2020, multiple fire crews were called to a property engulfed by ...continue reading
Explosive discovered in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs Property
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Last week, a live explosive was discovered in a property in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, leaving families with no choice but to abscond as they took to their safety. At around midday on 21 February 2020, officers from the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command were called to a building ...continue reading
HOW MUCH DO LAWYERS MAKE IN AUSTRALIA? – LAWYER SALARY AUSTRALIA
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have released the statistics report on the average income based on occupation (and state) for income year 2016/17. The report is based upon 16.5 million 2017 income tax returns in respect to 13.9 million individuals, and 970,000 corporations. In a nutshell, the report reveals the top paying jobs or ...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 Impersonating an Emergency Services Organisation Officer in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. As NSW faces some of the most catastrophic bushfires experienced to date and firefighters tirelessly battle to help hundreds of victims who have been displaced, it seems some people have decided to take matters into their own hands – perhaps not the best idea amongst what has been ...continue reading
Law on Making Possessing a Pipe Bomb in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Spending the better part of your spare time at Bunnings has become a favourite pastime for many Aussies. Fair dinkum, the chain of huge, unassuming warehouses that hold a bounty of every conceivable hardware item known to mankind is impressive to say the least. And the fact that ...continue reading
The Penalties for Possessing Explosives in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. It is reported that on 28 August 2019, a young man and woman allegedly lit an explosive device in a southeast Melbourne Park that propelled 150m into a nearby home while two people were inside. The explosion occurred at around 5pm when the device was ignited and burst ...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