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Warren's Charter13 comments

Jeremy Gans wrote 2 months ago: No, the blog isn’t back. But I thought it was worth easing my resolve a touch to mark an event … more →

Tags: s 7: limiting rights, s24: fair hearing, s32: interpretation mandate

Giuseppe De Simone redux

Jeremy Gans wrote 11 months ago: [EDIT: Here, at last, the post VCAT suppressed, originally written over a month ago. Who knows why t … more →

Tags: s 4: public authorities, s24: fair hearing, s32: interpretation mandate, s33: referral, s38: conduct mandate

Wrapping up 2008

Jeremy Gans wrote 11 months ago: To date, I’ve covered 47 cases that mentioned the Charter in 2008. There’s another two t … more →

Tags: s 8: equality, s13: privacy, s15: expression, s17: families, s21: liberty, s32: interpretation mandate

The Charter vs One-Man Conspiracies

Jeremy Gans wrote 11 months ago: One of the flurry of Charter passing mentions this week is R v Dickson [2008] VSCA 271, an appeal by … more →

The right to Miranda2 comments

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: Two days ago, in Salduz v Turkey [2008] ECHR 1542, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human … more →

Tags: s32: interpretation mandate, s24: fair hearing

The Charter in passing

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: After midday on 22nd February 2006, four or so months before the Charter was enacted, Peter Kokkios … more →

Tags: s24: fair hearing

The Charter vs taxi passengers

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: October 31st is the date I pronounced the biggest Charter day EVER, given the thrilling combination … more →

Tags: s32: interpretation mandate, s 8: equality, s12: movement, s35: notice, s26: double jeopardy

The rights of the woman without a face1 comment

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: The Age today caught Melbournians up with a crime mystery that’s been circulating for a year n … more →

More on the sex offenders' challenge

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: I happened to be in the legal precinct today and dropped by to listen in at the sex offenders’ … more →

Tags: s32: interpretation mandate, s36: court declarations, s21: liberty, s24: fair hearing, s12: movement, s26: double jeopardy, s27: retrospectivity

More on Bongiorno's challenge

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: Further to this previous post, I’ve belatedly noticed that the Charter issue relating to the c … more →

Tags: s38: conduct mandate, s32: interpretation mandate, s 7: limiting rights

The sex offenders' challenge

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: My guess last post was right. (Of course, presumably the whole legal community knew this, but not me … more →

Tags: s32: interpretation mandate, s36: court declarations, s21: liberty, s15: expression, s16: peaceful assembly, s10: degrading treatment, s 7: limiting rights, s24: fair hearing, s12: movement

Napping in the High Court1 comment

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume … more →

Tags: s32: interpretation mandate, s24: fair hearing

Bongiorno's challenge

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: Last Friday’s Stateline brought some major Charter news: As part of its election commitment, t … more →

Tags: s36: court declarations, s24: fair hearing

The meaning of doubt1 comment

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: It is commonplace for jurors in Australian criminal trials to ask the trial judge to define ‘r … more →

Tags: s32: interpretation mandate, s24: fair hearing

SARC on dust, death and dodgy fish

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: The Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee’s 13th Alert Digest for the year (considering a … more →

Tags: s 4: public authorities, s 8: equality, s30: SARC

The Charter's complex war on terror

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: Re Kent [2008] VSC 431 is the first Supreme Court Charter bail case since Kelly Gray became the firs … more →

Tags: s49: transititional, s32: interpretation mandate, s21: liberty, s35: notice

The right to jury nullification1 comment

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: I’m absolutely thrilled at today’s verdict in the trial of Joseph ‘Jihad Jack … more →

Tags: s15: expression, s16: peaceful assembly, s10: degrading treatment, s24: fair hearing, s14: beliefs, s26: double jeopardy

Playing the Charter card

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: One of the interesting bits of human rights law that is implicit in Part 2 of the Charter is the law … more →

Tags: s21: liberty

The rights of difficult defendants1 comment

Jeremy Gans wrote 1 year ago: A new (non-)Charter case, Devine & Legg v VCAT [2008] VSC 410, is the Supreme Court’s seco … more →


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