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Monday, October 29, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Tuesday 1 May 2012Courts and our democracy – Just another government agency?Public misapprehension of the role of the CourtsRecently The Australian newspaper published an article about problems in the Department of Justice and the corrections system in Victoria. The article related to the death of a prisoner in custody. It included a statement that there were failings at the highest levels of justice.This statement troubled me. It involved a misapprehension of justice and the role of the courts. It is a misapprehension perpetuated these days within...
Thursday, October 25, 2012
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Court Seal The Supreme Court SealThe Supreme Court Seal is often confused with the Supreme Court emblem or incorrectly referred to as the Court Coat of Arms and the Court Crest. The true Court Seal is used by the Registry of the Court to seal documents such as warrants, certificates of admission to...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
CHANGES to patent rules are being considered that could make it easier for British pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is looking at amending the Patents Act to remove some of the risks of legal action for infringing patents.Under current UK law, a limited level of research can be conducted using patented products without infringing the rights of the patent owners.However, this does not extend to clinical and field trials, which must be carried out before a drug can be licensed.A...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Sean Fewster, Andrew Dowdell and Colin James adelaidenow October 18, 2012 HUNDREDS of drivers may be able to seek compensation - and dozens of court cases are frozen - because SA's anti-hoon laws have been declared invalid. Police will stop seeking court orders to sell or crush cars seized from the state's drivers after the Chief Justice ruled anti-hoon laws are invalid, as the Attorney-General John Rau considers an appeal.On...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
As a record number of lawsuits against the city's police move into litigation, the price tag is $150 million a year and growing. Where will it stop? Lawsuits against the city’s police soared to a record 2,004 cases entering the courts in the year that ended July 1. That’s a 28 percent increase over the previous fiscal year, as recorded in the recently released Mayor’s Management Report. It indicates that the flood of...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } [S.10] Guerin v The Queen[S.20] R v Sparrow[S.30] Mabo v Queensland (No. 2)[S.40] Wik Peoples v Queensland[5.05] Judges in the highest courts in Canada, Australia and New Zealand have recognised the existence of fiduciary duties owed by government to aboriginal persons. These duties function as a check on the exercise of government power that may otherwise be, in practical terms, unbridled. There appear to be two principal inquiries in this context. First, from where is the fiduciary...
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