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What is the criminal offence of Intimidation?

Intimidation is a criminal offence in NSW. Indeed, it is one of the most common offences prosecuted in NSW courts. According to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Domestic violence-related stalking and intimidation incidents recorded by NSW Police increased 110 per cent from 2012 to 2021 (from 8,120 to 17,063). Over the past […]

E-Scooters Illegal in NSW

Given the rising popularity of electric-scooters (e-scooters), many people would be surprised to know that riding a privately owned electric scooter on a road or road related area in NSW is illegal. A road related area includes footpaths, shared paths and bicycle lanes. In fact, the only place a person can legally ride an e-scooter […]

NSW Becomes First State to Make Coercive Control an Offence

New South Wales will become the first Australian jurisdiction to criminalise coercive control after historic legislation passed Parliament earlier this month. Coercive control is a form of domestic abuse that involves patterns of behaviour that have the cumulative effect of denying victim-survivors their autonomy and independence. It can involve physical, sexual, psychological or financial abuse. […]

Surveillance of Employees in the Workplace

As employees return to the workplace following the Covid-19 pandemic, it is timely to consider how the increased employee monitoring and surveillance often put in place for remote working environments now impacts monitoring employee’s conduct in the workplace. How much surveillance is too much? Are you getting the balance right? Installing cameras and other surveillance […]

NSW to Introduce New “No Body, No Parole” Laws

Convicted murderer Keli Lane has been denied parole after serving more than 13 years in prison in a test of the so-called “no body, no parole” laws introduced in 2022. Lane was convicted in 2010 of murdering her newborn daughter Tegan in September 1996. She was sentenced to a maximum of 18 years imprisonment with […]

Google Wins High Court Defamation Case

The High Court has upheld an appeal by Google finding it is not liable for defamatory content accessed by clicking on hyperlinks generated by its search results. Google had appealed against a Victorian Supreme Court decision that found it was liable as a publisher of a 2004 newspaper article about Melbourne criminal lawyer George Defteros. […]

July 27, 2022
By Peter Mullen
Commercial & Business Law, Criminal & Traffic Law
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Share Market Manipulation

Trader Pleads Guilty to Pump & Dump in Historic Case A share trader who ran an illegal pump and dump scheme has pleaded guilty to market manipulation following an investigation by ASIC. The guilty pleas were entered by 40- year-old Gabriel Govinda at Melbourne Magistrate’s Court in June. The term pump and dump refers to […]

Assault, All too Common

Assault is one of the most common offences seen in the Local Courts of New South Wales, yet it is often misunderstood by many members of the public. Obtaining professional legal advice about this type of charge is vital to ensure that you are given every opportunity to access justice and have the matter dealt […]

New Sexual Consent Laws Take Effect in NSW

New sexual consent laws came into force in NSW on 1 June. Consent in relation to sexual offences is now governed by Part 3, Division 10, Subdivision 1A of the Crimes Act 1900. The new subdivision applies to the offences of ‘sexual act’, ‘sexual touching’ and ‘sexual assault’ (and their aggravated versions). The subdivision sets […]

Tougher Penalties for Assaults on Frontline Workers

The NSW Government has announced reforms designed to better protect frontline workers. People who assault frontline health workers, correctional and youth justice officers and emergency services staff and volunteers will face tougher penalties under new offences the government intends to legislate by the middle of this year. The government will implement all of the recommendations […]

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Criminal & Traffic Law

What is the criminal offence of Intimidation?

E-Scooters Illegal in NSW

NSW Becomes First State to Make Coercive Control an Offence

Surveillance of Employees in the Workplace

NSW to Introduce New “No Body, No Parole” Laws

Google Wins High Court Defamation Case

Share Market Manipulation

Assault, All too Common

New Sexual Consent Laws Take Effect in NSW

Tougher Penalties for Assaults on Frontline Workers

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