When the council switched off power to two of Brisbane's largest tent cities, criticism quickly emerged from local services. While park lights remain on, electrical outlets and electric grills will no longer be used at Musgrave and Kurilpa Point Parks.
A Perth lawyer caught up in a global scam that left dozens of organized crime figures dead has pleaded guilty to possessing cash believed to have been obtained unlawfully. Ted Dobson followed his high-profile lawyer father Terry into the legal profession and they worked closely together until the former detective died suddenly in May 2021.
A lawyer on remand for drug trafficking has avoided returning to the place he described as a “hell on earth” and a “prison within a prison” after being granted bail on his third attempt. Anthony Grant, 44, is charged with 13 offenses including possessing and trafficking a commercial quantity of GHB and ketamine, as well … Read more
Lawyers for Republican candidate Donald Trump believe his jury in the sexual assault case should never have heard evidence from other female accusers.
Thailand's billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been pardoned by the royal government, cutting his parole period by two weeks, his lawyer said. The pardon came one day after parliament elected his daughter as prime minister. Thaksin is at the centre of a two-decade-long power struggle between the Shinawatra family and its allies on … Read more
A well-known lawyer has welcomed the fact that prosecutors have dropped a single criminal charge against him after he denied allegations that he illegally disclosed the personal data of an alleged victim of sexual assault. Abdulrahim Saddik, also known as Abdul, has represented members of some of Sydney's most notorious suspected criminals, but found himself … Read more
A police officer tasked with investigating Manny Waks' allegations of past child abuse never visited the Jewish center where the alleged crimes took place. Detective Senior Constable Michael Simonsen made this admission on Thursday during the preliminary investigation against Zev “Velvel” Serebryanski in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
Lawyers for US President Joe Biden’s son have accused prosecutors of introducing “politically charged” allegations about foreign business dealings into a tax case.
The lawyer for the main suspect in the foiled attack plot on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna is trying to downplay the seriousness of the plan, saying her client was only “playing with ideas.” Swift's three planned concerts in Vienna were canceled after Austrian authorities uncovered a plot allegedly led by a 19-year-old to … Read more
A man who ran over and killed 18-year-old Taj Hart with his SUV did not think twice about his actions, a jury learned at the end of a murder trial.