In December 2009, two police officers issued a directive to Mr Joshua McMillan to leave "the CBD" of Wagga pursuant to s 197 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) (LEPRA). He was subsequently charged for failure to comply with the direction in accordance with s 199 of the LEPRA. The offence itself attracts a maximum penalty of $220. In the grand scale of the hierarchy of criminal offences, the offence itself is a minor one. In this case the learned Magistrate, Mr Gordon Lerve, reserved his decision in order to examine the issue. In doing so, his Honour has provided one of the few reported examples of the operation of s 197 in New South Wales. This decision forms part of an emerging jurisprudence relating to sta...
Part 5 of the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (Qld) made provision for an enforceable undertak...
The decision of Patsalis v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 307 represents a fundamental develo...
Casenote and comment on the High Court case of A Solicitor v Council of the Law Society of New South...
[Extract] In December 2009, two police officers issued a directive to Mr Joshua McMillan to leave "t...
[Extract] A public toilet seems an unlikely place for an event that would be later considered by the...
A public toilet seems an unlikely place for an event that would be later considered by the Queenslan...
In Mvu v Minister of Safety and Security the plaintiff, an inspector in the South African Police Ser...
In March 2014, the New South Wales Government dramatically increased penalty notice amounts for a nu...
WHO HAS FIRST CLAIM ON “THE LOYALTY OF THE LAW”?Smith v Chief Constable of the Sussex Police (hereaf...
This note aims to examine the findings of the South Gauteng High Court in Motabatshindi v Minister o...
When, in the performance of their roles, do public authorities owe a private law duty of care to tho...
[In 1988 in Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, the House of Lords denied a duty of care was o...
The current legislative scheme contained in the Police Act 1990 (NSW) for the removal of police offi...
The atmosphere of moral panic over issues of crime and policing that pervades New South Wales (NSW),...
Citizens subjected to wrongful arrest, incivility or other police misbehaviour need access to a soun...
Part 5 of the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (Qld) made provision for an enforceable undertak...
The decision of Patsalis v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 307 represents a fundamental develo...
Casenote and comment on the High Court case of A Solicitor v Council of the Law Society of New South...
[Extract] In December 2009, two police officers issued a directive to Mr Joshua McMillan to leave "t...
[Extract] A public toilet seems an unlikely place for an event that would be later considered by the...
A public toilet seems an unlikely place for an event that would be later considered by the Queenslan...
In Mvu v Minister of Safety and Security the plaintiff, an inspector in the South African Police Ser...
In March 2014, the New South Wales Government dramatically increased penalty notice amounts for a nu...
WHO HAS FIRST CLAIM ON “THE LOYALTY OF THE LAW”?Smith v Chief Constable of the Sussex Police (hereaf...
This note aims to examine the findings of the South Gauteng High Court in Motabatshindi v Minister o...
When, in the performance of their roles, do public authorities owe a private law duty of care to tho...
[In 1988 in Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, the House of Lords denied a duty of care was o...
The current legislative scheme contained in the Police Act 1990 (NSW) for the removal of police offi...
The atmosphere of moral panic over issues of crime and policing that pervades New South Wales (NSW),...
Citizens subjected to wrongful arrest, incivility or other police misbehaviour need access to a soun...
Part 5 of the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (Qld) made provision for an enforceable undertak...
The decision of Patsalis v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 307 represents a fundamental develo...
Casenote and comment on the High Court case of A Solicitor v Council of the Law Society of New South...
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