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When Is a Corroboration Warning Allowed?

In criminal law, corroborating evidence means evidence in addition to what the complainant said happened making the evidence more reliable and in so doing…

Delay In Reporting – Criminal Trials And The Abolishment Of The Longman Warning

A long-standing principle in common law considered a delay in making a complaint could be raised before a jury to caution them before they…

When Does Workplace Behaviour Become An Offence?

A medical (GP) recently faced the WA Medical Board (Board) after complaints from two receptionists employed on a casual basis at his northern suburbs…

Problem with Delayed Prosecutions

When a client presents in our rooms accused of historical sexual assault, our mind immediately turns to the difficulty that the prosecution has in…

Is This Another “Me Too”

Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones is facing eight additional charges of indecent assault relating to an alleged tenth complainant as he faces court for the…

Family Violence

The rates of FDV in Australia show that 1 in 4 (23% or 2.3 million) women have experienced violence from an intimate partner since…

Coercive Control Behaviour Laws

The WA Government is considering introducing laws that address Coercive Control Behaviour (CCB). CC is taken to be: Western Australia already has in place…

Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Trial Judgment) [2024] FCA 369

Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation claim against Channel 10 and Lisa Wilkinson is now finalised. In the Federal Court Justice, Michael Lee found that Bruce Lehrmann…