A Special Counsel’s Insights KEY TAKE OUTS: Historical domestic violence allegations often arise during Family Court parenting disputes and can have immediate consequences before evidence… Read More »ADVOs, Family Court & “Charge First, Test Later” Concerns
A Special Counsel’s Insights Co-Authored by Grace Jolly KEY TAKE OUTS: Recent allegations arising from the Campbelltown tragedy highlight the devastating reality of genuine domestic… Read More »Campbelltown Domestic Violence Tragedy
A Special Counsel’s Insights KEY TAKE OUTS: A criminal case in NSW does not follow a single path. Summary offences stay in the Local Court… Read More »What Happens in a Criminal Case in NSW? A Step-by-Step Guide
A Special Counsel’s Insights KEY TAKE OUTS: Protests are legal in NSW, but they are regulated by public order and criminal laws. Authorised public assemblies… Read More »Understanding Protests and Police Powers in NSW
A Special Counsel’s Insights KEY TAKE OUTS: ADVOs are a vital protection tool, but in high-conflict family law matters they can sometimes be misused as… Read More »When ADVOs Are Weaponised in Family Law Conflict in NSW
KEY TAKE OUTS: The Supreme Court of NSW, in Meredith v State of NSW (No 5) [2025] NSWSC 1133 examines strip searches. NSW Police practices… Read More »Meredith v State of NSW (2025): Police Strip Search Unlawful
KEY TAKE OUTS: Learn what constitutes coercive control What do I do if I feel this is happening to me Is it an offence to… Read More »Understanding Coercive Control in NSW
KEY TAKE AWAYS: Drink driving is a factor in about 18% of all fatal crashes in NSW. Refusing a breath analysis test in NSW is an… Read More »Refusing or Failing to Provide a Breath Test in New South Wales
KEY TAKE OUTS: Possessing an imitation weapon without an authorised permit can result in a maximum penalty of up to 14 years imprisonment. Despite not… Read More »Possessing Imitation Weapons in NSW
KEY TAKE-OUTS Jack de Belin, a first-grade NRL player, receives a verdict of not guilty on one charge and a hung jury on the remaining… Read More »Jack de Belin: A Third Trial?
KEY TAKE NOTES Section 29 of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) provides that those in possession of a “trafficable quantity” of a… Read More »Deemed Supply – When Drugs in Your Possession Makes You a Supplier
KEY TAKE OUTS Catfishing is an emerging phenomenon. It occurs when a person creates a fake profile on social media with the intent to deceive… Read More »How to Catch a Catfish
Generally, when a person’s home is being broken into, they automatically assume that they have the right to fight the intruder and/or assault the intruder… Read More »4 Do’s and Don’ts when your house is being broken into.