Diversion – How Does it Work? Many jobs and volunteer positions require a national police check, meaning a criminal history Read more
Mention Hearings at the Magistrates’ Court If you have been charged with a summary criminal offence, you will be summonsed, Read more
Making a Threat to Kill It can come as a shock to learn that words you communicate in person, via Read more
Different Ways Your Case Can Finalise in the Magistrates' Court If you have been charged by the police, you might Read more
How to Prepare and Appear for a Webex Hearing at the Magistrates’ Court Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Magistrates’ Read more
How to Make a Spent Conviction Application In March 2021, the Victorian Parliament passed the Spent Conviction Act 2021 (Vic). Read more
Gender in the Justice System Dear reader, I would like to invite you to participate in a thought experiment. It Read more
Standard Sentences: What They Mean and How They are Applied The Standard Sentence Scheme was introduced in Victoria by the Read more
Defund the Police In 2017-18, in a knee-jerk reaction to an exceptional event, the Victorian Government overhauled the Bail Act. Read more
Spent Convictions - Finally Here The Victorian parliament recently passed the Spent Convictions Bill 2021 (Vic) (‘the Spent Convictions Bill’). Read more