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  • Parramatta Local Multi-Court Complex Re-Opens

    The Parramatta Local Court multi-court complex will officially re-open on 13 July 2009 and Nyman Gibson Stewart (www.notguilty.com.au) are poised and ready to be the major force in criminal defence work at this busy court precinct.


    Author: Phil Stewart
    Firm: Nyman Gibson Stewart
    Date: June, 2009
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  • The Where and the Why of Motor Vehicle Accident’s in NSW

    Motor vehicle accidents occur everyday and at Walker Legal, our Compensation Claims Lawyers are acutely aware of this. According to official RTA figures motor vehicle accidents in New South Wales resulted in 438 fatalities and 23,895 casualties in the twelve month period ending April 2009.


    Author: Steve Walker
    Firm: Walker Legal
    Date: June, 2009
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  • Getting Arrested - What to do!

    At Aston Legal - Criminal Defence Lawyers, we help our clients defend all criminal offences. Whether serious charges such as assault, drug offences, theft or fraud or less serious offences such as common assault or driving or traffic offences.



    An important aspect of defending police charges is knowing what to do if you get arrested. We have provided some information which might assist.


    Author: Hugo Aston
    Firm: Aston Legal
    Date: May, 2009
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  • Making the Interlock Program Work for You
    The Alcohol Interlock Program is a court based program that was introduced in New South Wales in 2003. The program enables drivers convicted of certain major alcohol related offences to continue driving after a substantially reduced disqualification period if they obtain an Interlock Device and participate in the Program.

    Author: Jonathon Taylor
    Firm: Marbury Chambers
    Date: May, 2009
    Times viewed:
  • Getting Arrested - What to do!
    Getting arrested can happen to anyone. It can be scary. This story is about getting arrested. It will help you to know what to do if it ever happens to you.
    Author: Hugo Aston
    Date: April, 2009
    Times viewed:
  • Drink Driving Charges and You
    So, you've been charged with a PCA
    offence...
    This guide explains what to do if you are pleading guilty to
    a drink driving offence and have to go to a NSW Local
    Court.
    Author: Hugo Aston
    Firm: Aston Legal
    Date: April, 2009
    Times viewed:
  • Going to Court
    This guide explains what to do if you have received a Court
    Attendance Notice (CAN) for a criminal offence and have to
    go to a NSW Local Court.
    Author: Hugo Aston
    Firm: Aston Legal
    Date: April, 2009
    Times viewed:
  • UNLICENCED DRIVING OFFENCES
    Driving with a suspended, cancelled or disqualified licence is an increasingly common offence in NSW, and in fact in other states across Australia. It is occurring more frequently for a number of reasons but the two main reasons are the willingness of the RTA and the Sate Debut Recovery Office to suspend driver’s licences due to the non-payment of fines and also because the police are getting better at detecting at unlicenced driving.
    Author: Jonathan Taylor
    Firm: Jonathon Taylor - Barrister
    Date: November, 2008
    Times viewed:
  • THE DEMERIT POINTS SCHEME
    The Demerit Points Scheme is a national program that allocates penalty points (demerits) for a range of driving offences. The scheme is designed to encourage safe and responsible driving. Along with financial penalties, demerit points provide a strong incentive to drive within the law.
    Author: Jonathan Taylor
    Firm: Jonathon Taylor - Barrister
    Date: October, 2008
    Times viewed:
  • Motor vehicle accidents NSW
    The majority of people in New South Wales have been affected by a motor vehicle accident through their own experience or that of family and friends.
    Firm:
    Date: October, 2008
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  • LICENCE APPEALS IN NSW
    Many people at some stage in their driving career find themselves in the unenviable position of losing their driver's licence. This can happen in a variety of ways but generally it arises either because too many demerit points are accrued or because a speeding offence of 30 or 45 kilometres per hour over the speed limit has been committed.
    Author: Jonathan Taylor
    Firm: Jonathon Taylor - Barrister
    Date: October, 2008
    Times viewed:
  • What is the Alcohol Interlock Program?
    What is the Alcohol Interlock Program?
    Author: Lionel Rattenbury
    Firm: Armstrong Legal
    Date: July, 2006
    Times viewed: 1738
  • Criminal Law - Drugs: Police Sniffer Dogs: Part 1
    Firm:
    Date: June, 2006
    Times viewed: 526
  • Criminal Law - Drugs: Police Sniffer Dogs: Part 2
    Firm:
    Date: June, 2006
    Times viewed: 655
  • Criminal Law - Drugs: The Pitfall of Pills: Part 1
    Firm:
    Date: June, 2006
    Times viewed: 619
  • Criminal Law - Drugs: Pills and Drug Weight: Part 2
    Firm:
    Date: June, 2006
    Times viewed: 689
  • Criminal Law - What Do I Do When I Am Arrested?
    Firm:
    Date: June, 2006
    Times viewed: 863
  • Criminal Law - Serious Traffic and Drink Driving Offences
    Firm:
    Date: June, 2006
    Times viewed: 1915
  • Effects of Exposure to Domestic Violence From Childhood to Adult Life
    One of the many problems for children exposed to domestic violence, is that for some, it comes to be included amongst their own interpersonal management strategies.
    Author: Gary Direnfield
    Date: April, 2006
    Times viewed: 779
  • Habitual Traffic Offender Declarations
    What is the effect of being declared a habitual traffic offender?
    Author: Lionel Rattenbury
    Firm: Armstrong Legal
    Date: April, 2006
    Times viewed: 1583
  • Brendan’s Law: Changes to Hit & Run Legislation
    The New South Wales Parliament recently passed legislation providing for tough new penalties for drivers failing to stop after a Motor Vehicle Accident.
    Author: John Cox
    Firm: Cox Lawyers
    Date: February, 2006
    Times viewed: 866
  • Guideline Judgment in Relation to High Range Drink Driving Offences
    The Attorney General of NSW recently applied for a guideline judgment concerning the offence of high ranged PCA under section 9(4) of the Road Transport (Safety & Traffic Management) Act 1999. Justice Howie gave the leading judgment which was supported by the other four presiding members of the Court.
    Author: Tony Cardillo
    Firm: Harris Wheeler
    Date: August, 2005
    Times viewed: 2422
  • Tough on Crime Means Doing More Time
    “You do the crime, you do the time.” It’s a phrase often trotted out by politicians trying to boost their tough on crime credentials. But partly due to such law and order auctions, “the time” has been getting longer. Not only are Victorian judges handing down longer sentences, they are also more likely to be ordering custodial sentences.
    Author: Gerard Lethbridge
    Firm: Lethbridges Barristers & Solicitors
    Date: July, 2005
    Times viewed: 881
  • The Corporate Policeman: ASIC’s powers of investigation and prosecution
    Australia’s negligent company directors might be quaking at the prospect of the corporate watchdog “knocking on doors in the middle of the night.” Or maybe not. In a speech to the Law Institute of Victoria in 2003, ASIC’s Professor Berna Collier was quick to dispel any notion that her organisation employed such tactics. Read on for a closer examination of ASIC’s powers.
    Author: Gerard Lethbridge
    Firm: Lethbridges Barristers & Solicitors
    Date: July, 2005
    Times viewed: 1060
  • Employers Take Care: OHS Penalties Increased
    For over twenty years now, modern occupational, health and safety (OHS) laws have played an important role in the workplace. Recently, however, Victoria has proposed controversial new changes to the legislation.
    Author: Gerard Lethbridge
    Firm: Lethbridges Barristers & Solicitors
    Date: July, 2005
    Times viewed: 1187
  • Cyber Crime – superhighway robbery!
    Most computer crimes are like a modern-day version of other property offences, such as trespass, breaking and entering, stealing and vandalism. The only difference is that the damage is done to information – either computer networks themselves or the data contained within them. It’s like superhighway robbery!
    Author: Gerard Lethbridge
    Firm: Lethbridges Barristers & Solicitors
    Date: July, 2005
    Times viewed: 929
  • Anti-money Laundering Legislation: Proposed Reforms Take up International Recommendations
    The Federal Government's decision to reform Australia's anti-money laundering system in line with the revised Forty Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering will result in significant changes to Australia's money laundering legislation, including the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988. Senior Associate Anna Lenahan reports.
    Author: Anna Lenahan
    Firm: Allens Arthur Robinson
    Date: March, 2004
    Times viewed: 1573
  • More from the Court of Appeal on the perils of expert opinion
    The Court of Appeal recently made some illuminating comments on the treatment of expert evidence. The judgment is also of interest as a demonstration of how the High Court’s recent decision in Fox v Percy will serve to provide greater freedom to appellate Courts to overturn judgments based on questionable findings of fact.
    Author: Caileen Cachia
    Firm: Moray & Agnew
    Date: October, 2003
    Times viewed: 576
  • Cybercrime Code of Practice for ISPs
    Following 18 months of development the Australian Internet Industry Association (IIA) released a draft Cybercrime Code of Practice (Code) in relation to cybercrime on Monday, 21 July 2003.
    Author: Elizabeth Levinson and Natalie Ceola
    Firm: Freehills
    Date: August, 2003
    Times viewed: 484
  • Corporate Governance
    The ASX Corporate Governance Council is to be commended for creating a well-articulated and comprehensive corporate governance framework with its corporate governance Best Practice Recommendations. The ASX now faces the challenge of preserving flexibility in the system, as Richard Alcock explains.
    Author: Richard Alcock
    Firm: Allens Arthur Robinson
    Date: May, 2003
    Times viewed: 625
  • Counterfeit Certificates of Title
    Land and Property Information (LPI) has informed us of an increase in fraudulent Certificates of Title (CT). Six counterfeit CTs have been discovered in New South Wales so far and the LPI are concerned that an organised scam has been detected.
    Firm: Phillips Fox
    Date: April, 2003
    Times viewed: 483
  • Independent experts under the spotlight
    In a recent case, the Federal Court found an independent expert liable for misleading and deceptive statements in a prospectus. Michael Greig, Peter Tillman and Julian Donnan look at the ramifications of the ruling.
    Author: Michael Greig, Peter Tillman and Julian Donnan
    Firm: Allens Arthur Robinson
    Date: April, 2003
    Times viewed: 663
  • Striking the right balance: business will welcome the Dawson Report
    The Government's release of the much awaited report from the Dawson Committee's review of Part IV of the Trade Practices Act will be warmly welcomed by most sections of the business community as a balanced response to the competing interests of the ACCC, large and small business and consumer groups.
    Firm: Allens Arthur Robinson
    Date: April, 2003
    Times viewed: 545
  • Updates in Evidence
    Recent decisions under s 9 of the NSW Act, s 79 and s 116 of the Commonwealth Act. Extracted from Uniform Evidence Law by Stephen Odgers SC, the definitive guide to New South Wales and Commonwealth evidence law which is now available as a subscription service in looseleaf and online.
    Author: Stephen Odgers SC
    Date: April, 2003
    Times viewed: 568
  • Chairman's duties under the spotlight
    Contrary to press commentary about Justice Austin's decision in the ASIC v Rich preliminary proceedings, the court did not hold that chairmen now have a duty to ensure that only financially competent people are appointed finance directors, that all statements to the ASX are accurate, and that a company takes reasonable steps to ensure that it maintains sufficient cash reserves to continue its existing operations. As Richard Alcock and Carl Bicego report, the court's substantive response on directors' duties is yet to be revealed.
    Author: Richard Alcock and Carl Bicego
    Firm: Allens Arthur Robinson
    Date: March, 2003
    Times viewed: 2230
  • Illegal acts of employees - are you liable?
    On 6 February 2003, the High Court considered the issue of vicarious liability in the case of New South Wales v Lepore; Samin v Queensland; Rich v Queensland [2003] HCA 4 (6 February 2003).
    Author: Jill Tudberry
    Firm: Hopgood Ganim Lawyers
    Date: March, 2003
    Times viewed: 680
  • APRA and IT Governance
    This article looks at APRA's proposal to include IT governance as part of its prudential audit process. This is reflective of a wider government concern and recent legal developments. Companies should adopt IT governance strategies to ready themselves for an APRA audit.
    Author: Michael Fernon
    Firm: Freehills
    Date: March, 2003
    Times viewed: 551
  • Refusal of medical treatment - Clarification of Rights and Responsibilities
    The extent of a patient's right to refuse medical treatment has been a vexed question for many years. Similarly, the extent of a health professional's obligation to provide medical treatment to patients under their care has been the subject of numerous complex scenarios confronting health professionals and healthcare organisations. Whilst the issues are relatively clear in the context of a competent patient, as a result of increasing legal recognition being afforded to ethical principles of individual autonomy, this has not been the case where a patient no longer has the capacity to exercise their autonomous rights.
    Author: Suzie Linden
    Firm: Phillips Fox
    Date: March, 2003
    Times viewed: 2293
  • Compliance programs - are they necessary?
    Having an effective compliance program is increasingly important for Australian corporations. Not only is the ACCC eagerly promoting their use, but Courts also acknowledge the importance of having an effective compliance program.
    Author: Melissa Lammers and Benjamin Phelps
    Firm: Ebsworth & Ebsworth
    Date: February, 2003
    Times viewed: 687
  • Non-delegable duty not an absolute for criminal acts
    Does a school authority have a non-delegable duty, or alternatively is it vicariously liable, for sexual assaults committed by its employee teachers on students? On considering this question six of the seven Justices of the High Court of Australia concurred that a school authority does not owe an absolute non-delegable duty of care to a student sexually abused by a teacher.
    Author: Sophie Pennington
    Firm: Ebsworth & Ebsworth
    Date: February, 2003
    Times viewed: 1391
  • No liability for drug addiction
    The Plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle driven by the Defendant, which was involved in a serious motor vehicle accident. The Plaintiff sustained severe whiplash and significant ongoing neck, back and knee pain.
    Firm: PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal
    Date: February, 2003
    Times viewed: 650
  • Queensland domestic violence laws widened
    The scope of Queensland’s domestic violence laws has been extensively widened with changes extending the protection of the Act, retitled the Domestic & Family Violence Protection Act, to persons in non-spousal, domestic relationships.
    Firm: Hopgood Ganim Lawyers
    Date: February, 2003
    Times viewed: 741
  • Misuse of market power - what it means for your business
    A corporation could be found to have breached the law if it has misused its market power. This can be the case even when the corporation does not possess a majority share within that market.
    Author: David Hing and Simon Florance
    Firm: PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal
    Date: January, 2003
    Times viewed: 704
  • Checklist for directors' duties
    ASIC v Adler is a clear reminder that companies and directors must ensure that an effective corporate governance framework is in place to safeguard a company against any improper actions by directors. The process should have sufficient checks and balances to ensure that the system is not easily bypassed.
    Author: Sarah Segalla
    Firm: PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal
    Date: January, 2003
    Times viewed: 1448
  • Anti-piracy - PlayStation® national anti-piracy campaign
    A brief glimpse at what is believed to be the largest anti-piracy campaign undertaken by a single company in Australia, and which has attracted significant media attention over the past three years.
    Author: Miriam Stiel
    Firm: Allens Arthur Robinson
    Date: January, 2003
    Times viewed: 670
  • The new rules for corporate criminal responsibility
    “Corporations can now be guilty of offences punishable by criminal sanctions such as imprisonment and fines."
    Author: Peter Toy
    Firm: Deacons
    Date: December, 2002
    Times viewed: 707
  • Bush releases draft cybersecurity strategy
    On 18 September 2002, the US President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board released a draft of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (Strategy). The overall strategic goal is to empower all Americans to secure their portions of cyberspace. The Strategy addresses its recommendations at home users and small business, large enterprise, critical sectors and sets out national and global priorities.
    Author: E-Commerce Group
    Firm: Freehills
    Date: December, 2002
    Times viewed: 485
  • Victorian Anti-Cybercrime Bill
    The Victorian Government has introduced a bill which proposes seven new offences in an attempt to deter cybercrime activities such as hacking, intentionally spreading computer viruses and web site vandalism.
    Author: Timana Hattam
    Firm: Corrs Chambers Westgarth
    Date: October, 2002
    Times viewed: 473
  • Bringing hackers to justice
    The Gutnick case has, for the moment, created a precedent for defamation claims being brought in Australia across jurisdictional boundaries. In Gutnick v Dow Jones & Co Inc, the court held that the claim could be heard in Victoria, rather than in the US, on the basis that the material was available to be downloaded and read in Victoria and that is where Mr Gutnick suffered most harm. (The Victorian Court of Appeal affirmed the decision and it is currently on appeal to the High Court.)
    Author: Lucas Sork
    Firm: Minter Ellison
    Date: October, 2002
    Times viewed: 568
  • Cybercrime Act: some unforeseen consequences
    The Commonwealth Government has attempted to address the increasing problems of IT security for online activities and business by enacting the Cybercrime Act 2001. The intention behind the Act is to criminalise activities such as computer hacking, denial of service attacks, spreading computer viruses and interfering with websites.
    Author: Adrian McCullagh & Martin McEniery
    Firm: Freehills
    Date: September, 2002
    Times viewed: 647
  • Innocent party defending itself against being sued for hacking attack
    In June 2001 sportswear company Nike was the victim of a hacking attack when their website was hijacked, resulting in redirection of their web and email traffic to an anti-Nike site via a Scottish internet service provider, FirstNET Online.
    Author: Martin McEniery & Nicola Ross
    Firm: Freehills
    Date: September, 2002
    Times viewed: 595
  • "Your Honour, it was an accident"
    Some insurance policies pay benefits in the event that the insured person dies as the result of an “accident”; for example, death resulting from the accidental malfunction of machinery, a road accident or plane crash. In these types of situations, it is normally clear that death is “accidental”.
    Author: Peter MacKenzie and Jane Tran
    Firm: Ebsworth & Ebsworth
    Date: August, 2002
    Times viewed: 574
  • PTSD and Criminal Law
    An extract from Expert Evidence: Law, Practice and Procedure looking at the role PTSD has to play in criminal law.
    Author: Ian Freckleton and Hugh Selby
    Date: July, 2002
    Times viewed: 726
  • Scientific Evidence as Circumstantial Evidence
    An extract from the book Expert Evidence: Law, Practice and Procedure looking at the role of scientific evidence.
    Author: Ian Freckleton & Hugh Selby
    Date: July, 2002
    Times viewed: 608
  • New Criminal Code Targets Corporate Responsibility
    How does the new Commonwealth Criminal Code affect the operation of corporations.
    Author: Fadi Khoury
    Firm: Minter Ellison
    Date: April, 2002
    Times viewed: 522
  • It is incorrect to equate the word “malicious” with intentional?: R v Esho
    A discussion of the offence of malicious infliction of grievous bodily harm.
    Author:
    Date: February, 2002
    Times viewed: 453
  • Were directions to warn the jury of the dangers of identification evidence adequate?: Festa v The Queen
    Bank robberies took place on 27 May and 13 June 1996 - the question asked to the High Court was, "Should evidence of identification, some of which amounted to positive evidence of identification and other evidence which fell short of that description, have been excluded in the exercise of the trial judge’s discretion"?
    Author:
    Date: February, 2002
    Times viewed: 532
  • A question of disclosure and miscarriage of justice: Grey v The Queen
    Did the Crown’s failure to disclose the “letter of comfort” amount to a miscarriage of justice?
    Author: Martin Blackmore
    Date: December, 2001
    Times viewed: 448
  • Should the objective test include a consideration of the ethnicity of the ordinary person?
    The objective test for provocation does not permit of the specific isolation of the ethnic background of an accused when a jury is considering what an ordinary person could have been induced to intend to do.
    Author: Martin Blackmore
    Date: December, 2001
    Times viewed: 536
  • The effect of pre-trial publicity on a fair trial
    Can a trial judge’s discretionary judgment be said to be erroneous?
    Author: Martin Blackmore
    Date: December, 2001
    Times viewed: 545
  • The promulgation of sentencing guidelines
    Can a Court of Criminal Appeal can ever promulgate a guideline for sentencing, whether it be for a state or federal offence, and assuming that it can, in what form such a guideline might take?
    Author: Martin Blackmore
    Date: December, 2001
    Times viewed: 460
  • The use medical records as evidence of truth
    Whether the history taken by a doctor should be admitted as evidence of the truth.
    Author: Martin Blackmore
    Date: December, 2001
    Times viewed: 512
  • Risk management and compliance
    As of 15 December 2001 a new Criminal Code applies to all Commonwealth legislation - and this code introduces the concept of a 'corporate culture' in regulatory compliance. This has important ramifications for business.
    Author:
    Firm: Allens Arthur Robinson
    Date: December, 2001
    Times viewed: 669
  • In what circumstances will the High Court grant bail?
    An outline of the facts and issues in United Mexican States v Cabal which raises the question of the granting of bail in the High Court.
    Author:
    Date: November, 2001
    Times viewed: 484
  • Stay of proceedings in criminal cases pending applications for special leave
    In what circumstances is it appropriate to order a stay of proceedings in a criminal case to await the outcome of an application for special leave to appeal an interlocutory decision?
    Author:
    Date: November, 2001
    Times viewed: 507
  • The relevance of prior inconsistent statements: Adam v The Queen
    Did a trial judge err in permitting the Crown to cross-examine a prosecution witness with regard to his prior inconsistent statements?
    Author:
    Date: November, 2001
    Times viewed: 537
  • Was the jury’s verdict of murder unreasonable?: De Gruchy v The Queen
    Did a comment from the Crown Prosecutor undermine the evidence of good character lead by the applicant?
    Author:
    Date: November, 2001
    Times viewed: 533
  • A miscarriage of justice:TKWJ v The Queen
    Does counsel’s failure to seek an indication from the trial judge as to whether leave would be granted to the Crown to lead evidence, rebutting evidence of good character, amount to a miscarriage of justice
    Date: September, 2001
    Times viewed: 503
  • Criminal enterprise:The Queen v Chai
    Directions to the jury on joint criminal enterprise
    Date: September, 2001
    Times viewed: 456
  • The causation issue: Puckeridge v The Queen
    Directions by trial judge on issue of causation – Murder
    Date: September, 2001
    Times viewed: 531
  • The question of a Longman direction: Doggett v The Queen
    Should a Longman direction be provided to the jury with respect to delay in complaint of a sexual offence even when corroboration of the allegation exists?
    Date: September, 2001
    Times viewed: 487
  • The relevance of photographic evidence: Smith v The Queen
    Whether evidence of police officers recognising the accused in bank photographs was relevant
    Date: September, 2001
    Times viewed: 503
  • A question of proper conviction: Simpson v The Queen
    Whether the applicant had been properly convicted when he pleaded guilty to manslaughter (the Crown accepting that plea in full satisfaction to an indictment alleging murder).
    Date: August, 2001
    Times viewed: 494
  • Failure of accused to give evidence: Azzopardi v The Queen
    What directions should be made and what comment is permissible by a trial judge about the failure of an accused to give evidence-consideration of RPS v The Queen  and Weissensteiner v The Queen? 
    Date: August, 2001
    Times viewed: 558
  • Interpreting the Listening Devices Act: Haddad v The Queen
    An interpretation of s 19 of the Listening Devices Act  1984
    Date: August, 2001
    Times viewed: 581
  • The question of unblemished character: Ryan v The Queen
    Was the Court of Criminal Appeal correct in deciding that the defendant was not entitled to any leniency whatsoever by reason of his previously unblemished character?
    Date: August, 2001
    Times viewed: 476
  • Changes to criminal injuries compensation
    The ACT Government brought in significant changes to the legislation dealing with Criminal Injuries Compensation, in December 1999.
    Author: Richard Faulks
    Firm: Snedden Hall & Gallop
    Date: April, 2001
    Times viewed: 1032
  • Fraud and negligence
    A detailed analysis of fraud and negligence with an insightful discussion of misrepresentation of facts, negligent mistatement and false statement.
    Author: Gisela Ramensky
    Date: April, 2001
    Times viewed: 4159
  • On-line fraud
    A brief discription which outlines the technological nature of online transactions and the virtual anonymity of the parties, there is considerable scope for people to impersonate other people - this can occur by changing the email address of the sender to make it appear that it came from someone else.
    Author: Gisela Ramensky
    Date: April, 2001
    Times viewed: 632
  • The nature of tort liability
    A 'tort' in law means a civil wrong. Tort law is thus primarily concerned with compensation for damages for civil wrongs suffered as a result of another's acts or omissions.
    Author: Professor Sam Blay
    Date: March, 2001
    Times viewed: 5227
  • Complicity: assisting or encouraging a crime
    A brief introduction to the general criminal law principle of complicity.
    Author: Robert Wilson
    Date: March, 2001
    Times viewed: 1056
  • Exceptions to the general rule of criminal law
    An outline which details exceptions to the general rule of criminal law - including omissions, strict liability and vicarious liability.
    Author: Robert Wilson
    Date: March, 2001
    Times viewed: 1784
  • Homicide: lawful and unlawful killing
    Homicide is the killing of one human being by another. It may be lawful or unlawful, the latter being divided into various categories such as murder, manslaughter, infanticide and causing death by culpable driving.
    Author: Robert Wilson
    Date: March, 2001
    Times viewed: 1425
  • Manslaughter
    Manslaughter, like murder, concerns the killing of one human being by another.
    Author: Robert Wilson
    Date: March, 2001
    Times viewed: 1965
  • Non-sexual assault
    Intentional interferences with a person, not amounting to homicides, may constitute various types of crime depending upon the circumstances in each case. The most common type of crime involved is that of assault.
    Author: Robert Wilson
    Date: March, 2001
    Times viewed: 1624
  • The general principle of criminal law
    The criminal law contains various rules which must be brought into play in determining whether any given conduct by a person is, or is not, a crime.
    Author: Robert Wilson
    Date: March, 2001
    Times viewed: 2489
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