Changes to the right to silence and pre-trial disclosure Access to Justice, Legal Aid and Self-Represented Litigants High Court finds against wide questioning powers given to Australian Crime Commission Legal Responses to Criminal Organisations 2013 NSW Crime...
Case Note: Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [1996] HCA 24 The High Court’s judgment in the landmark case of Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [1996] HCA 24 marked an important extension of a particularly Australian concept of the...
The Communist Party Case The High Court’s decision in Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1 is recognised as one of the Court’s most important decisions, and a resounding reaffirmation of the rule of law, and judicial review of...
Boilermakers Case and the Separation of Powers It is over 60 years since the High Court’s decision in R v Kirby; Ex parte Boilermakers’ Society of Australia (1956) 94 CLR 254. This decision, handed down on 2 March 1956, was an important statement of the...
In this case note: Self Represented Litigant Access to Justice Ho v Greater Dandenong City Council [2013] VSCA 168 Mr Vu Ho is a Vietnamese refugee who works as a mechanic and lives on the outskirts of Melbourne in the suburb of Springvale. Mr Ho and his son have a...
Dietrich v The Queen Casenote In this case note, the following topics are demonstrated: Right to a fair trial Right to legal representation Access to Justice Historically in Australia, a person who could not afford legal representation had to proceed to trial...
