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The Bar • 16 August 2017
Urgent criminal law reforms can prevent ‘unwarranted acquittals’
Concerns about unfair prejudice arising from the use of tendency and coincidence evidence are misplaced, a new report by the...
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The Bar • 15 August 2017
Sunshine State welcomes new Land Court member
The Queensland legal profession has welcomed the appointment of a former solicitor to the state’s Land Court.
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The Bar • 15 August 2017
Manus machete attacks prompt lawyers’ call for action
Claims that asylum seekers on Manus Island are being exposed to serious danger must be swiftly investigated by the...
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The Bar • 14 August 2017
Funding boost to help resolve family law disputes
The federal government has announced a multimillion-dollar funding package to assist with family dispute resolution.
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The ACT government has announced that specialised pre-sentence reports will be trialled for ATSIL people caught in the...
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The ambit of powers given to the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) under the law fails to strike...
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News that Anne Ferguson will be appointed as the next chief justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, following the...
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Accreditation given to the Animal Defenders Office now recognises the group as a national community legal centre...
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Jane Crisford SC has been named as the new chair of the Legal Aid Commission of Western Australia, making her the first...
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Dr Lobsang Sangay, legal academic and the president of Tibet’s government in exile, has used a visit in Sydney to...
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The nation’s legal system has been described as too expensive and out of the reach of many people by former High Court...
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A set of consultation papers prepared by the Law Council of Australia’s Justice Project has hit desks, calling for...
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Students from two universities have competed in the third annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students’ Moot...
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An award-winning photographer has been commissioned to capture 21 of Victoria’s leading women in law for a “Vanity...
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