Steven Donziger has been detained at home since August 2019, the result of a Kafkaesque legal battle stemming from his crusade on behalf of Indigenous Amazonians By Oliver Milman Many of us will have felt the grip of claustrophobic isolation…
Carlton Tavern reopens six years after planning ruling that campaigners hope will prevent developers demolishing other sites Standing next to the rubble of the Carlton Tavern, its patrons thought that this was just another brazen example of developers skirting the…
By Paul Sakkal and Michael Fowler Victorians who committed minor criminal offences will no longer face barriers getting a job or renting a home under new laws passed by the Andrews government on Thursday. In passing the Spent Convictions Bill,…
Inquiry into 2012 burglary is revived after French police turn up a DNA match for unrelated crime German police say they have solved a nine-year-old burglary case after DNA found on a half-eaten piece of sausage matched that of a…
By Thomas Connelly And you thought ‘cat lawyer’ was strange The shift to online court hearings in response to the coronavirus pandemic has thrown up a whole range of eye-catching headlines. From a topless judge in Brazil to the global sensation that is ‘I’m…
By Rhiannon Shine Read the High Court Judgement here... Western Australia's hard border with the rest of Australia was justified to prevent a potentially catastrophic event, the High Court has found. The High Court today released the reasons for its…
By Hugh DunnettCrime Correspondent The Suffolk man who admitted having sex with 450 tractors is in trouble with the police again after trying to get a job at an agricultural college. Ralph Bishop promised to keep away from farm machinery…
Annastacia Palaszczuk appoints taskforce of legal and domestic violence experts and victims to investigate how to legislate By Amanda Gearing The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has appointed a taskforce of legal and domestic violence experts and victims to investigate how to legislate…
By Joanna Menagh CCTV shows the family in the cafe, and a waitress plating up a brownie from a cake display. The owner of a popular Perth cafe has admitted making cannabis laced brownies at his home, but denied that they…
By Freya Noble • Senior Producer Watch the video here... A high-profile Sydney lawyer and his controversial Lamborghini number plates have ended up in court again.Peter Lavac claims the plates on his $500,000 bright yellow Lamborghini are meant to be…