Paul Gregoire

NSW DPP Prosecuting Guidelines Part 3: Charge Negotiations, Vulnerable and Unrepresented Defendants, Judge-Alone Trials, Jury Selection, Retrials, Proceeds of Crime and the Media

Australia - January 11 2021 In carrying out its operations, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) follows the procedures set out in the ODPP Prosecution...

Ugur Nedim.

Morrison’s Proposed Data Sharing Bonanza Involves Your Personal Details

Australia - January 8 2021 Over recent years, numerous publications have declared data the most valuable resource on the planet, even trumping oil....

Where Has All the Legal Medicinal Cannabis Gone?

Australia - January 8 2021 A patient who uses medicinal cannabis to treat their ailments recently remarked in a social media forum that at present it’s taking their chemist at...

NSW DPP Prosecuting Guidelines Part 2: Prosecution’s Duty of Disclosure, Immunities, Informants, Victims of Crime and Vulnerable Witnesses

Australia - January 4 2021 Having been in operation since July 1987, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) is the statutory body that prosecutes those who...

Ugur Nedim.

Federal Government’s New IR Laws: Further Weakening Employee Protections

Australia - January 1 2021 Despite all the horrors and restrictions of the COVD-19 pandemic period, there was a positive moment towards the beginning that saw the federal...