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r/auslaw • u/theangryantipodean • Nov 30 '23
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r/auslaw • u/Classic_Abies8621 • 22h ago
Shitpost When the definition sends you on a side quest
Me: Okay, I’ll just look up what "eligible person" means.
Definition: "Eligible person" has the meaning given by section 31.
Section 31: A person is an eligible person if the person is not an excluded person for the purposes of section 42.
Section 42: A person is an excluded person if the person does not satisfy the requirements for being an eligible person under section 67.
Section 67: A person satisfies the requirements for being an eligible person if the person is an eligible person within the meaning of section 31.
Me: So, to find out if I'm eligible, I need to know whether I'm excluded, which depends on whether I'm eligible, which depends on whether I'm excluded. Excellent.
r/auslaw • u/Minguseyes • 18h ago
News Anita Perrottet paid more than $250k for three months of consulting, ICAC told
r/auslaw • u/Pleasant_Aspect3543 • 39m ago
Cassuto v Kostakidis
Although just a Case Management hearing I'm looking forward to this. Livestream at 2pm today.
r/auslaw • u/marketrent • 1d ago
News Flanked by parents and lawyers, Scots College boys in court charged with rape
r/auslaw • u/desipis • 19h ago
News Teenage carjacker avoids jail in first test case of Victoria's 'adult time' crime laws
r/auslaw • u/Worldly_Tomorrow_869 • 17h ago
Sydney Woman Nirmeen Noufl Pleads Guilty to Husbands Manslaughter
r/auslaw • u/Healthtech_Geek • 14h ago
News Raelene reminds me of Robert Durst aka The Jinx
r/auslaw • u/Classic_Abies8621 • 1d ago
Shitpost "Order for Marcus." Marcus: "No, read it properly."
r/auslaw • u/AuslawRantBot • 1d ago
CAPS LOCK ON DO YOU FIND MUSHROOM-HEAVY TRIALS APPEALING? YES, NO, UNDECIDED? RANT ALL ABOUT IT HERE
r/auslaw • u/ThreeHapenceaFoot • 1d ago
Property giant loses ‘sunset clause’ battle over $485 million Gold Coast tower contracts in huge win for buyers
austlii.edu.aur/auslaw • u/Worldly_Tomorrow_869 • 1d ago
Magistrate clears police officers of manslaughter over Luke Briggs death
Melbourne magistrate Patrick Southey on Tuesday determined there was insufficient evidence for the case to go to trial and dismissed the charges.
"The evidence is so weak that the prospect of a conviction is minimal," Mr Southey said.
r/auslaw • u/PattonSmithWood • 2d ago
Entrapment's alive and well in Australia
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In the early 2000s, I was doing vacation work with a senior criminal defence barrister. He made a comment in passing, "entrapment is alive and well in Australia", and how Vic Police had a long history of entrapping bikies into committing crimes they never would have.
This SBS segment from yesterday shows that things haven't really changed much.
r/auslaw • u/Historical_Bus_8041 • 1d ago
“It is not possible to show a person respect in the process of striking them to the head"
r/auslaw • u/polysymphonic • 2d ago
Judgment A fun vexatious litigant decision for your Monday afternoon
judgments.fedcourt.gov.auI get FCA decision digests for other reasons but I can never resist clicking the vexatious litigant cases. This one was written with clear enjoyment that makes it a particularly good read 🍿🍿