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
Guide on the Penalties for Damaging or Destroying Property with Fire in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Ahh, doughnuts. They’re the sweet and cakey desserts that are there for you when midnight cravings hit, the comfort you need when a break-up is too damn painful, the ultimate breakfast when you want to start your morning in the most irresponsible but beautiful way. With so much ...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 & Penalties for Deliberately Lighting a Fire Causing Bushfires
A 47-year-old man from Melbourne has allegedly set grass fires in Melbourne city’s northern suburbs. It is reported that the 47-year-old was arrested on Saturday in respect to three fires in Craigieburn & Roxburgh Park. It is alleged that he also set a number of fires back in October this year. Luckily, before the ...continue reading
Law on Deliberately Lighting Fires in NSW
It’s reported that there have recently been “hundreds of calls” made to Crime Stoppers for Police to investigate the deliberate lighting of fires amongst the fires witnessed on Tuesday. Police are working very hard to ascertain who if anyone was responsible for any of the fires that were lit on Tuesday. They are doing ...continue reading
The Law on Destroying or Damaging Property Using Fire or Explosives in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. It was the awkward moment an attempt to destroy a car with fire in Adelaide’s southern suburbs completely backfired, leaving the offender set alight in flames. It is reported that on 22 October 2019, an apparent arson attack on a Mitsubishi station wagon parked in a driveway at ...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
What’s the Penalty for Damaging or Desecrating a Protected Place in NSW?
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. War memorials are considered some of Australia’s most sacred places. Almost every community in Australia has a war memorial, and across the nation, these historical monuments serve as a testament to the service, sacrifice and loss from a century of service. Indeed, they are historic touchstones of the ...continue reading
Understanding the Law on Graffiti Charges in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. From the times of convicts and drovers, to the street artists of today, graffiti has held a long and chequered history in Australia. In particular, graffiti vandalism, which the Australian Institute of Criminology defines as the act of marking other people’s property with writing, symbols or graphics without ...continue reading