Geoff Harrison
Admissibility of Evidence Relating to Sexual Experience - s294CB
Published by Geoff Harrison | 17 August 2024 Section 294CB (previously s293) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 prohibits the...
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Geoff Harrison
Jul 2865 min read
Goods In Custody - s527C
Published by Geoff Harrison | 28 July 2024 Section 527C of the Crimes Act 1900, which is often referred to as 'goods in custody',...
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Geoff Harrison
Jul 264 min read
Objective Seriousness & Moral Culpability
Published by Geoff Harrison | 25 July 2024 In S v R; DM v R, the plurality discussed the principles relating to assessing objective...
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Jun 237 min read
Deepfake Pornography
Published by Geoff Harrison | 23 June 2024 As outlined in the explanatory memorandum to the legislation, the Criminal Code Amendment...
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Jun 162 min read
Incest
Published by Geoff Harrison | 16 June 2024 Incest is an offence that requires the authority of the Attorney-General before proceedings...
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Jun 133 min read
Aggregate Sentences
Published by Geoff Harrison | 13 June 2024 Section 53A of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 ('the Act') allows a court to impose...
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Geoff Harrison
Jun 133 min read
s58 - Limit on Local Court Sentences
Published by Geoff Harrison | 13 June 2024 Section 58 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 constrains a Local Court's sentencing...
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Jun 87 min read
Revocation of AVOs
Published by Geoff Harrison | 8 June 2024 A Provisional, Interim or Final Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) can be varied or revoked by...
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Jun 810 min read
Liquor Act: Banning Orders
Published by Geoff Harrison | 8 June 2024 There are a number of different Banning Orders that can be made under the Liquor Act 2007 ('the...
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Jun 84 min read
Juvenile Criminal Records
Published by Geoff Harrison | 8 July 2024 Section 15 of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 makes a person's juvenile criminal...
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Geoff Harrison
Jun 63 min read
Special Circumstances
Published by Geoff Harrison | 6 June 2024 A finding of Special Circumstances is a discretionary exercise for the sentencing magistrate or...
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Jun 55 min read
Use Carriage Service to Menace or Harass
Published by Geoff Harrison | 5 June 2024 A fairly common charge relating to domestic violence matters is using a carriage service to...
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Geoff Harrison
Jun 411 min read
Use Carriage Service for Child Abuse Material
Published by Geoff Harrison | 4 June 2024 Offences related to using a carriage service for Child Abuse Material (CAM) are found under...
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Jun 25 min read
Date of Sentence when Parole Revoked
Published by Geoff Harrison | 2 June 2024 An issue for judges when determining the start date of a sentence is when an offender has had...
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Jun 25 min read
Riot
Published by Geoff Harrison | 2 June 2024 The offence of riot is where 12 or more persons who are present together use or threaten...
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Jun 25 min read
Accessory Before the Fact
Published by Geoff Harrison | 2 June 2024 There is no definition of "accessory before the fact" within the Crimes Act 1900 however, "at...
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Jun 11 min read
Knives and Jack's Law
Published by Geoff Harrison | 1 June 2024 Given the recent spate of offences involving knives, the NSW Government has passed a law...
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May 3137 min read
Murder and Drug Induced Psychosis
Published by Geoff Harrison | 31 May 2024 Unfortunately, substance-induced mental disorder or drug induced psychosis has become an...
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May 44 min read
Manslaughter by Criminal Negligence
Published by Geoff Harrison | 4 May 2024 As stated by Bathurst CJ; Simpson J and Adamson J in Lane v R [2013] NSWCCA 317 at [59]-[62]:...
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Apr 255 min read
Ongoing Supply
Published by Geoff Harrison | 25 April 2024 The offence of Ongoing Supply under s25A of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 ('the...
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