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In the realm of Western Australian criminal law, propensity evidence and relationship evidence bear significant weight. Propensity...

System abuse is a form of domestic violence that occurs when the perpetrator manipulates a system to control, intimidate, or harm their...

If someone commits a crime that you had no direct involvement in, you can still be charged with the offence. You can be charged with the...

In recent years, Australia has again been urged to reconsider its archaic laws regarding the age of criminal responsibility. 31 countries...

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin, is extremely effective at killing pain, but sadly, also drug users. In the...

Did you know that if you obtain incorrect advice from a government agency, and act on that advice in good faith, you have no defence if...

Western liberal democracies appear to be dropping like flies when it comes to legalising cannabis for recreational and medicinal use. It...

Hannah Clarke and her children were murdered by her estranged husband Rowan Baxter on a sunny Queensland morning on 19 February 2020. The...

When a criminal matter goes to trial, there are two possible paths to a verdict of not-guilty. The first is putting the prosecution to...

Did you know that in Western Australia you can be charged for drink driving, even if you have only had alcohol after going home and...

What does it mean to be found to be “Not-Guilty” at the conclusion of a criminal trial? In legal terms, it means that the State has...

Over the past few years, E-Scooters have become a popular form of transport. They seem to have come from nowhere, and are now everywhere....

What is burglary, and aggravated home burglary

WHAT IS BAIL? Bail is the mechanism by which the Courts can release an accused person into the community before the matter is concluded...

If you have been charged and convicted of an offence in Western Australia, that conviction will form part of your criminal record. This...

Any person accused of a criminal offence in Western Australia already faces a daunting and alienating experience. Moreover, if the charge...

Western Australian Criminal Law includes several offences against a person which outline what a person can be charged with after causing...

With the progression of technology, we’ve all become accustomed to carrying a high functioning camera in our front pockets, accompanied...

Drugs are often related to crime through the effects that they have on the user’s behaviour. In the eyes of the law, an offender cannot...

Have you ever been going about your day, minding your own business and then had to go through a bag check and wondered if the contents of...