Adrian Bayley, the Victorian serial offender who plead guilty in 2013 of journalist Jill Meagher’s rape and murder, had another rape conviction overturned by the Victorian Court of Appeal last week. However, his legal team was working for free, because Victorian...
Yesterday, a Dutch arbitral tribunal issued its final award in the long-running legal battle between the Philippines and China over territorial claims in the South China Sea. The five-member tribunal, organised by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague,...
Last week, the Queensland Parliament’s Agriculture and Environment Committee tabled its report into the Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016. The Bill contains important and controversial changes to the state’s...
Henry Bournes Higgins would have turned 165 today. He was one of Australia’s most influential political figures around Federation. He was a delegate at the Constitutional Conventions, served in the Victorian and Federal Parliaments, and became a Justice of the...
Beyond Reasonable doubt, jury directions and the onus of proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt In this article we explore jury directions, the meaning of “beyond a reasonable doubt” and onus of proof. The presumption of innocence is an important part of any fair...
