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Constitutional Law (Cth) – Accused made available in Perth "prescribed interests" relating to transactions to be carried out in the United States of America - Prohibition of offering of "prescribed interests" in undertakings to be performed "whether in …

Criminal law – Criminal responsibility - Criminal Code (Q), s 8 provided that, where common intention to prosecute unlawful purpose, and in prosecution of such purpose offence committed of such a nature that commission was a probable consequence of …

Criminal law – Terrorism – Collecting or making documents likely to facilitate terrorist acts – Jury misdirection – Respondent convicted of making document "connected with ... assistance in a terrorist act", knowing of that connection, contrary to s …

Criminal law – Sentencing – Intentionally causing serious injury – Where respondent and victim in domestic relationship – Where victim 12 weeks pregnant with respondent's child – Where respondent caused serious injury to victim by dousing her with petrol …

Criminal law – Manslaughter – Involuntary manslaughter by criminal negligence – Respondent killed a 13 year old boy by running over him with a front end loader – Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 18 – Whether malice an element of the offence – Relevance of former …

Criminal law – Conspiracy - Fault element - Where respondents charged with having conspired to commit offence against s 400.3(2) of Criminal Code (Cth) ("Code") - Whether s 11.5(2)(b) of Code required prosecution to prove intention in relation to each …

Criminal law – Appeal - Verdict unreasonable or cannot be supported having regard to the evidence - Respondent found guilty by jury of murder and attempted murder by complicity - Court of Appeal quashed convictions on ground that verdicts "unsafe and …

Criminal law – Sentencing – Federal offences – Consistency – Current sentencing practices – Whether sentencing courts to have regard to current sentencing practices throughout Commonwealth. Criminal law – Appeals against sentence – Manifest excess or …

Criminal law – Defences – Where respondent member of Northern Territory Police Force – Where respondent alleged to have fatally shot deceased after being deployed to arrest – Where respondent charged with murder and alternative offences under Criminal …

Criminal law – Evidence – Admissibility – Prior inconsistent statement of accused – Whether prosecution can adduce evidence of prior inconsistent statement in cross-examination of accused – Whether sound recording of applicant's interview wrongly admitted …

Criminal law – Slavery - Licensed brothel - Foreign sex workers - Whether respondent "intentionally possesses a slave or exercises over a slave any of the other powers attaching to the right of ownership" contrary to Criminal Code (Cth) ("the Code"), s …

Criminal law – Joint criminal enterprise - Extended common purpose - Respondent alleged to be party to a joint criminal enterprise - Respondent convicted of murder - Appeal against conviction allowed on the ground of a wrong direction on a question of law …