Controversy over Shaken Baby Syndrome and its diagnosis has continued to rage in courtrooms throughout the world over the past couple of decades.
Luke McMahon looks into evidence, defences and convictions in Victoria.
Written by Josh Taaffe. Partner, in-house counsel & Accredited Specialist, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers Our client was on trial for rape. His career, his family and many years of his life hung in the balance. If he were to be...
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. We were speaking among ourselves in the office recently about the types of police interviews that clients end up giving and how there seems to be some misunderstanding about what the options in...
Written by Shaun Pascoe. Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. When it comes to confessions, from a legal point of view, the key issue is their truthfulness and the related issue of people’s ability to recall their memories. According to the...
Written by Amelia Ramsay. Solicitor, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. His areas of expertise include criminal defence, corporate corruption and compliance, inquests and enquiries, professional tribunals and human rights. He has practiced exclusively in the field of criminal defence work and...
Written by Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. Recent events, such as Edward Snowden’s divulging of the surveillance apparatuses being run by various governments, have increased our awareness of the great amount of data being captured and retained by our electronic devices...
Written by Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. When dealing with cases involving fitness to stand trial, the matter usually relates to serious psychiatric illnesses and the accused’s inability to understand the process of a trial and to participate in any...
As defence lawyers we spend a lot of time working out issues about our clients’ mobile phones; Who do we subpoena to get information for a particular number? Where were they at a certain time? (what tower were they near...
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. I read an “exclusive” in the Herald Sun yesterday (August 14th, 2013). The news was that a former police officer is the prime suspect in the murder of Melbourne woman Brenda...
There is a disturbing practice emerging from within Victoria Police. One that sees our clients’ fundamental rights to know the nature of the case that is being brought against them and have full disclosure of all relevant evidence the police...
