By Tammy Mills and Adam Cooper Cleaver Greene, the fictional cocaine-snorting, alcohol-swilling, lovable larrikin lawyer from TV’s Rake is hardly a conventional poster boy for Victoria’s courts. Nevertheless, Richard Roxburgh – who played Greene, the walking scandal of a criminal defence barrister,…
By politcal reporter Eliza Laschon Campaigns have been waged for a decade, almost a billion dollars spent and yet women and children continue to face deadly threats in their homes. A 12-year national plan to reduce domestic violence is nearing its…
By Naomi Neilson Although a recent High Court decision to appeal a family law matter after it found the personal relationship between a trial judge and a barrister “particularly troubling” may inform impartiality in ongoing cases moving forward, one lawyer…
By Aja Styles, WA Today West Australian Attorney-General John Quigley and his legal advisors have been caught in the centre of an unprecedented dispute between the president of the Children’s Court and one of his magistrates. Magistrate Catherine Crawford has…
By Heather McNeill, Lucy Manly and Gary Adshead Melbourne bar and restaurant owner Hayden Burbank and financial planner Mark Babbage have been arrested after allegedly entering Western Australia by falsely claiming to be Darwin residents and attending the AFL grand final. The pair were…
Sheffield North West Neighbourhood Police caught close-pass drivers with help from cycling volunteers BY RYAN DABBS Cycling Weekly Police in the north of England have joined a group ride to catch close-pass drivers, uploading their effort to Strava to raise awareness of the…
Stephen Cooper, 46, stole the erection-enhancing pills from Lloyds PharmacyOffence took place eight days after police executed a drugs warrant at his homeCooper admitted possession of a class B drug and theft from a shopHis lawyer said the offences were…
Ruling says parents had no legal right to ‘destroy property that they dislike’ Associated Press in Grand Haven, Michigan A judge in Michigan has ordered a couple to pay $30,441 (£22,100) to their son, for throwing out his pornography collection. US district judge Paul Maloney’s decision this…
By Naomi Neilson An order has been made to strike out the name of the lawyer who counselled fathers of female genital mutilation victims to lie to police, an offence that the Court of Appeal said “strikes at the heart of…
By Anna Patty A group of Uber drivers from Sydney and Melbourne have launched legal action in the Federal Court to determine whether they and thousands of other gig economy drivers are entitled to minimum rates of pay and other…