Lehrmann Defamation Case
The lion’s den The strange phenomenon of self-defeating defamation cases Click Here to go...
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ICAC Stats 2: Impact No Exoneration
Part II: Human Rights Breaches- Arbitrary Interference on Right to Privacy How does NSW ICAC...
Read MoreVoice- The Case for Voting NO
The Voice Reerendum: Arguments for Voting No on First Nations Voice to Parliament at Referendum. The Case for No on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament and the pros and cons, with both sides of argument of a Voice to parliament and why we should vote no
Read MoreDefamation: Chris Merritt Keynote at BEAQ
Defamation Allegations of Murder and War Crimes The paper includes a discussion of details of...
Read MoreLehrmann case disregard rule of law
It is not widely understood that the investigations and lawsuits brought about as a result of the R v Lehrmann (‘Britney Higgins case’) have directly resulted from a disregard of the rule of law in connection with that case.
Read MoreLessons from George Pell and justice system
George Pell, an innocent man, spent 405 days in prison after two great institutions failed to discharge their responsibilities in a proper manner: the justice system and the media.
Read MoreHiggins Settle and possible claims against the Government
The extraordinary financial settlement between Brittany Higgins and the federal government possibly breaches Legal Services Directions and may fall under definition of corrupt conduct within the National Anticorruption Commission
Read MoreChecks and Balances Scorecard: Pandemic Legislation
The Rule of Law Education Centre has developed the Checks and Balances Scorecard to measure the adequacy of oversight mechanisms in emergency laws that manage pandemics such as Covid- 19 (“Pandemic Legislation”).
Read MoreDesigns for a Federal ICAC
What Safeguards does a Federal ICAC need? Designs for the proposed National Integrity...
Read MoreICAC Stats
Part I: Delayed Justice and Anti- Corruption Bodies How does NSW ICAC measure up? Delayed Justice...
Read MoreIs ICAC a Kangaroo Court?
Which parts of the kangaroo court would form part of its national integrity commission? Will appeal rights be discarded? Will the rules of evidence go? And will there be show trials with predetermined outcomes?
Read MoreInspector’s Review of ICAC
The President of the Rule of Law Institute, Robin Speed, has been an active participant in the NSW parliamentary committee inquiry into ICAC and the ICAC Inspector’s report to the Premier earlier this year, drawing the committee’s attention to the case of former SES commissioner Murray Kear.
Read MoreICAC & the Prosecutor
Nicholas Cowdery AM QC*, former NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, has called for the...
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