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In O’Kelly v. Harvey (1882) 10 L.R.Ir. 285 (Q.B.D.). On appeal (1883) 14 L.R.Ir. 105 (C.A.) “An officers paramount duty was to preserve the peace unbroken, and that, by whatever means were available for the purpose.” “The citizen’s right to assemble lawfully and unmolested is more important than police inconvenience.” Connors v. Pearson. Read More …
Today, Bindmans LLP client Keith Neale’s conviction for obstructing a police officer was quashed by the High Court, sitting at Cardiff. In an important judgment on the right to silence, the legal duties of citizens and the operation of Coronavirus Regulations, Mrs Justice Steyn and Lord Justice Dingemans held that justices at Newport Magistrates’ Court had erred Read More …
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Can the State Government force you by coercion to provide contact tracing services with the threat of a penalty and closure of your business? . . CRIMINAL CODE ACT 1995 – SCHEDULE Criminal Code Subdivision C–Slavery-like offences 270.4 Definition of servitude (1) For the purposes of this Division, servitude is the condition of a Read More …
If local government were to become a third level of government in the Australian constitutional system, then issues would arise with respect to its powers and what rule would apply when local government by-laws were inconsistent with Commonwealth or State laws. The existing rule set out in s 109 of the Commonwealth Constitution would not Read More …
In an article published in 2011 in the Bulletin ofthe World Health Organization, Luc Bonneux and Wim Van Damme wrote: The repeated pandemic health scares caused by an avian H5N1 and a new A(H1N1) human influenza virus are part of the culture of fear. Worst-case thinking replaced balanced risk assessment. Worst-case thinking is motivated by Read More …
It is necessary to examine the phrase ‘subject to’ in considering the substantive effect of s 46 of the Constitution Act Amendment Act on s 2 of the Constitution Act. The phrase ‘subject to’ indicates which of two or more statutory provisions prevail if there is any inconsistency between those provisions. As Miller JA explained Read More …
The Freedom of Information Act Bill Memorandums provide the originating application of the Act for all Australians to access information and documents, the Act has changes greatly over the years and the access powers of the public have become limited over time. Many agencies have become rogue in their dealings and compliance with the Act Read More …
The Commentaries on the Laws of England are an influential 18th-century treatise on the common law of England by Sir William Blackstone, originally published by the Clarendon Press at Oxford, 1765–1770. The work is divided into four volumes, on the rights of persons, the rights of things, of private wrongs and of public wrongs. The Read More …
