Queensland’s chief Childrens Court judge has revealed that while detention of children in police watch houses remained “inevitable’’–the “serious problem’’ of holding them for more than a two weeks at a time had reduced from 294 to 11 over the past year.
Queensland’s surveillance device laws permitted courts to grant all 56 requests by police for warrants approving the use of devices during on-going criminal investigations and resulted in the arrest of 53 alleged offenders in the last reportable year.
A professional MMA) fighter has lost a legal stoush and ordered to pay $100 in damages for using social media to trash-talk a sponsor by calling him a “petty little…weasel of a man’’ and “dill-pickle’’ worthy of public shaming.
The Legal Forecast Creative (TLF Creative) bid adieu to 2020 with their spectacular second annual gala concert, featuring the musicians of 'LawchestraQ' and the newly formed 'Big Band.'
The overarching duty to save lives by preventing contagion during a public health crisis or emergency was not a blank cheque to override individual human rights.
International Human Rights Day is an opportunity to promote awareness about human rights among the community and as the legal profession, we share these responsibilities.
At just 21 years old, Lenique Lawson walked the length of her lounge room nursing her contractions, whilst proofreading her final university assessment, completing her law degree.