Published by Geoff Harrison | 19 January 2025 This defence relates to traffic offences where some form of negligence is alleged by the...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 17 January 2024 Other Sources: Dangerous Driving Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book: Dangerous Driving...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 14 January 2025 Other Sources: Local Court Bench Book: Warrants for arrest in criminal proceedings in the...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 13 January 2025 Other Sources: Practice Note: Criminal Crim 1 Cases: Director of Public Prosecutions v...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 8 January 2025 Failure to present material evidence at sentence regarding known issues impacting an...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 6 January 2025 A Joint Criminal Enterprise (JCE) is essentially an agreement between co-offenders that a...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 22 December 2024 Section 23A of the Crimes Act 1900 provides a partial defence to murder of substantial...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 22 December 2024 At common law, an accused can accept or adopt the truth of an accusatory statement made in...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 21 December 2024 Under s53 of the Crimes Act 1900, the offence of driving wantonly, furiously or by other...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 15 December 2024 Generally, in any court proceedings, a witness will not be able to refer to their...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 14 December 2024 As noted by His Honour Neilson DCJ in R v Merza , citing the decision of Taufahema v R ...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 14 December 2024 Necessity is a common law defence where both the actus reus and mens rea of the offence...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 10 December 2024 Human trafficking offences are contained within Division 271 of the Criminal Code Act...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 8 December 2024 Following a sentence handed down in the District Court, an offender can appeal the...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 6 December 2024 There are protections in place for admissions made by children to police; essentially, any...

Published by Geoff Geoff Harrison | 6 December 2024 Evidence showing a connected set of events is admissible against an accused, even if...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 6 December 2024 As stated by Johnson J in Tiknius v R [2011] NSWCCA 215 at [31]: The concept of duress is...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 22 November 2024 Given s4D of the Firearms Act 1996 ('the Act'), the Act applies to an imitation firearm...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 15 November 2024 Applications for witnesses to give evidence via audio visual link or telephone are dealt...

Published by Geoff Harrison | 13 November 2024 The purpose of a Victim Impact Statement (VIS) is to give victims of crime a voice in...