Woman Charged with Larceny After Stealing Face Masks and Other Medical Supplies from a Hospital
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. As the community prepares for the frightening pandemic situation of coronavirus, it’s become plain to see that our unsung heroes amongst the crisis are the doctors, nurses and other frontline health workers, operating around the clock to help the hundreds of sick patients. Whether dealing with cases of ...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
Law, Penalties and Defences for Centrelink Charges
It is reported that 35-year-old mother, Melka Krunes from Townsville has managed to get her hands on a total of $26,018 over a period of almost 7-years from the commonwealth entity, Centrelink. The financial advantage she received by providing incorrect information to Centrelink occurred from 2011 to 2017. During that period, she had made ...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
The Law, Penalties and Defences for Joyriding in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. We all like to start our mornings off with a bit of productivity. Indeed, it feels great to have ticked off a few things on the “To Do” list well before the rest of the world wakes up. But no amount of early morning workouts completed or emails ...continue reading
Law, Penalties & Defences for Dealing with Proceeds of Crime Charges in NSW
51-year-old Rafael Estrada and 28-year-old Marcos Rivera who’re Guatemalan nationals have been arrested and charged after police discover over $1.3 million in cash in a storage unit and apartment in Sydney. The investigation that led to the arrests was part of an investigation into a large-scale international money-laundering syndicate. It’s alleged that the two ...continue reading
Law on Obtaining Benefit by Deception in NSW
Call it fake news – or perhaps, fake brews – but we assure you it’s not: This week, a motorist in the UK was arrested after police discovered hundreds of fake McDonald’s stickers to trade for free coffees hoarded in his vehicle. Now, you’re probably wondering, just as we are – if you’re struggling ...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
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