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False arrest, or wrongful arrest, occurs when a person is taken into custody without probable cause or without following proper legal procedures. It happens when police lack reasonable grounds to suspect a person has committed an offence and can be a result of mistaken identity, a mere hunch, or an administrative error. In many jurisdictions, Read More …
A significant reform introduced by the New South Wales Government to rebrand Local Court magistrates as “judges” remains without a clear commencement date, despite strong public announcements and the Bill having been introduced to Parliament in September 2025. The Local Court and Bail Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 seeks to modernise judicial titles within Australia’s busiest Read More …
In a quietly significant ruling, the NSW Supreme Court has handed a lifeline to self-represented litigants battling traffic fines and bureaucratic stonewalling. In Vassallo v Commissioner of Fines Administration [2024] NSWSC 1558, the court overturned the Commissioner’s refusal to review a speeding fine exposing systemic flaws in how government agencies handle challenges from ordinary people. Read More …
When tolls are legitimately charged, they are traditionally seen as user-pays fees intended to recover the cost of building and maintaining infrastructure. This is a form of cost recovery, not strictly a “tax” in the conventional sense, though it functions similarly. Although the States have some power to levy fees to pay for public services Read More …
The following was provided by NSW Police under Freedom of Information: NSW Police Force is not a legal entity but is a collection of persons either appointed to statutory office or employed in the service of the Crown for the performance of the agency’s functions when the agency engages in legal relationships, such as procurement, Read More …
Registration of a medical certificate avoids multiple individual applications to Revenue NSW to waive each individual camera detected seatbelt fine. To apply to register a seatbelt exemption medical certificate with Transport for NSW you can complete a Registration of Medical Certificate form. A seatbelt exemption medical certificate is only valid for up to one year. Read More …
Reasons to lodge an objection You may object if: you believe your land value is too high or too low the area, dimensions or description of the land are incorrect the valuations are incorrectly apportioned we should have valued the land separately we should have valued the land with other land concessions or allowances are Read More …
In New South Wales, the criminal law allows a conviction or sentence to be reconsidered in certain circumstances. The primary way this happens is through an appeal to a court. Apart from an appeal, a conviction or sentence may be reviewed in New South Wales under the procedures set out in the Crimes (Appeal and Read More …
The Director of Fines Victoria’s internal review oversight function set out in Part 3A of the Infringements Act 2006. Clear, concise, and accurate information should be provided to applicants at all stages of the internal review process. At the pre-review stage, fine recipients should be informed of their right to internal review. Enforcement agency websites Read More …
Each State has a spent convictions scheme to render an offence older than 10 years of no effect. This can allow you to again travel overseas or start a job in a new industry as there is no requirement to disclose a spent conviction. Additionally it is an offence to discriminate against someone with a Read More …