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Lawyers, ex-judges, pregnant women on expanded NSW jurors' list
15 Jan 2010
PREGNANT women, people over 70, lawyers and even former police and judges could be jurors as the State Government attempts to broaden the profile of juries.
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Lawyers growing rich on NHS negligence
18 Dec 2009
Lawyers representing patients in clinical negligence claims frequently take more money from the NHS than their clients receive in damages.
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Dentist treated 25 teeth too many
14 Dec 2009
A DENTIST who reconstructed a patient's mouth when the man required work to only three teeth has been ordered to pay more than $345,000 in compensation and interest.
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US woman, 98, accused of killing roommate, 100
12 Dec 2009
A 98-year-old woman has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge that alleges she strangled her 100-year-old nursing home roommate after making the victim's life "a living hell" because she thought the woman was "taking over the room".
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Drowned girl's family sues department
12 Dec 2009
LIKE many little girls Amarni Dirani wanted to be a teacher when she grew up. But the bright eight-year-old with almond eyes and sleek dark hair will never have that chance; she drowned during an end-of-school excursion at Glenbrook Public Pool.
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$240,000 damages for Rottweiler attack
9 Dec 2009
A man has been awarded more than $240,000 after he was mauled by a security dog while standing outside his workplace. The Rottweiler dog was being loaded into a vehicle outside Neil Quick's business in July 2005 when "suddenly and without warning" the dog escaped, repeatedly biting him on his arms and clawing the left side of his chest, according to the judgment, handed down in the District Court
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Woman dragged to death by car in LA
4 Dec 2009
A woman driving an old limousine ran over another woman after an apparent dispute over drugs and dragged her for nearly a mile through Skid Row in Los Angeles.
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Driver blows six times over legal limit: police
4 Dec 2009
A man has been charged after being caught driving more than six times over the legal limit in Sydney's west, police say. The 28-year-old allegedly blew 0.326 after being stopped at Toongabbie about 4pm yesterday.
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Barristers 'practise gender equality'
4 Dec 2009
Women barristers are appearing in Australian courts at the same rate as men, a survey shows.
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Six youths from NSW among latest group of schoolies arrested on the Gold Coast
30 Nov 2009
SIX youths from NSW were among the latest group of schoolies arrested on drugs and alcohol charges on the Gold Coast over the weekend as Queensland youngsters make way for incoming NSW schoolies.
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Brave Leggy fights off monster croc
30 Nov 2009
A PLUCKY kelpie that survived a crocodile attack should serve as a warning to children who swim at the same spot, the dog's owner says.
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500kg stray cow found paddling in Darwin Harbour
30 Nov 2009
A SEA rescue operation was launched to save a 500kg cow after it was found floating about in Northern Territory waters yesterday.
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Indonesian Militant Confirmed Dead
20 Sep 2009
Indonesian police say DNA tests have confirmed terrorist leader Noordin Top was killed days ago in a shootout with police.
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Pakistan Bomb Kills at Least 29
20 Sep 2009
A suicide car-bomb attack in northwest Pakistan on Friday killed at least 29 people, a sign that insurgents bent on destabilizing the nuclear-armed country are still active despite a series of recent setbacks
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Cash-Rich BHP Hunts Mergers
20 Sep 2009
BHP Billiton has built up about $18 billion in cash during the last year and expects to use some of it, along with additional borrowings, to acquire large rivals.
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US abortion doctor shot dead in church
1 Jun 2009
A controversial provider of late-term abortions was shot dead yesterday as he walked into a service at his Kansas church, officials said
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Man dead after party punch-up
1 Jun 2009
A 30-year-old man has died in hospital overnight following a fight at house party south of Brisbane.
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Stab attack: Sydney teen 'gutted' in park
1 Jun 2009
A teenager is in a critical condition after being stabbed in the stomach at a park in Sydney's west last night.
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London pedestrians will have to walk faster under Boris Johnson plan
11 Mar 2009
Pedestrians will be made to walk faster on crossings under a plan favouring motorists that Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has proposed.
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Laughter and tears for Laffan
6 Mar 2009
Hundreds of mourners have laughed and shed some tears today at stories of Sydney lawyer Matt Laffan's inspirational 38 years.
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Organising a 'contract killing': 'Hitman' nephew of Sydney mayor arrested
6 Mar 2009
Homicide detectives have arrested the "hitman" nephew of the Sydney mayor caught trying to organise an alleged contract killing on tabloid television.
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Drivers win as licence demerit points slashed
2 Mar 2009
LICENCE demerit points will be slashed from three to one for low-range speeding offences under changes to be announced by the State Government today.
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Solicitor denies charging family excessive costs
2 Mar 2009
A SYDNEY solicitor accused of professional misconduct by allegedly charging grossly excessive costs to three clients from the one family injured at different times in the one home has denied she tried to bill for the most she could get away with.
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Lawyer lied to scam cash, court told
2 Mar 2009
A Sydney lawyer's claims that he was robbed and assaulted by masked bandits, who then stole and torched his father's car, were lies designed to net him thousands of dollars in insurance claims, a court has heard
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Wife and husband beaten as they film road rage thugs
5 Feb 2009
A WOMAN has told of her terror as she tried to film a road rage confrontation in which her husband was injured.
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Shot while walking through Redfern
5 Feb 2009
A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot with a projectile in Sydney's inner-west last night.
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'Hungry killers eat girl's body parts'
5 Feb 2009
Two young men - one of them a butcher - have been arrested on suspicion of killing a 16-year-old girl and eating parts of her body, Russian prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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Six times over the limit with her daughter in the car
11 Dec 2008
A woman who crashed her car last night while driving with her three-year-old daughter was more than six times over the drink-driving legal limit, police say.
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Police defend baby swinging video charge
11 Dec 2008
Queensland Police say it is a crime for anyone to even watch a viral video of a man swinging a baby around a room.
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QC arrested in child porn swoop
11 Dec 2008
Police say a retired Victorian QC was among 19 men arrested during the global bust of a child pornography network that allegedly shared "among the worst" abuse images ever seen by investigators.
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She knew too much
22 Nov 2008
Thirteen years after Caroline Byrne was thrown off The Gap, her father's judgment is finally vindicated, writes Kate McClymont.
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Inmates break and exit
31 Oct 2008
Two men serving time for break and enter offences have broken out of a jail on the Mid North Coast, police say.
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Ex-judge Einfeld pleads guilty
31 Oct 2008
The former high-profile Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld has pleaded guilty to making false statements over a $77 speeding fine.
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Five charges against Einfeld dismissed
14 Oct 2008
The Court of Criminal Appeal today dismissed five charges against former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld.
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OJ faces life in jail after casino theft guilty verdict
5 Oct 2008
OJ Simpson was found guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping here late yesterday, 13 years to the day after the American football legend was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend.
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The verdict on juries
5 Oct 2008
LIKE many crown prosecutors, Christopher Maxwell has reservations about the working of the jury system. "The problem with the jury trial is not just the expense but all the things that can go wrong, jurors not turning up and so on," says Maxwell. "You see juries being discharged all the time."
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Lawyers' bills face test of honesty
5 Oct 2008
LAWYERS' practice of billing clients in six-minute units is under threat amid wholesale changes to reduce over-charging in the profession.
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Legal victory for league
5 Aug 2008
The NSW Supreme Court has approved a last-ditch effort from legal teams representing the NRL and the Canterbury Bulldogs to prevent Sonny Bill Williams from playing his first match in France for the Toulon rugby union club.
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First woman set to fast-forward to the NSW Supreme Court
4 Aug 2008
IT IS rare for a solicitor to be appointed a judge in the NSW Supreme Court without first serving as a magistrate or district judge first. But next month Julie Ward will not only fit that bill, she will also become the state's first woman to be appointed directly.
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Till debt do us part: a rude shock for de factos
4 Aug 2008
PEOPLE thinking of moving in with a partner have been warned to read the fine print on a bill before Parliament that will treat de facto relationships in exactly the same way as marriage.
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Lawman in the middle
2 Aug 2008
Somewhere between right and left, Liberal and Labor, conservative and activist, sits the next chief justice of the High Court, writes Tim Dick.
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The rise of a judicial orchid
1 Aug 2008
Who is this Justice French and where the hell does he come from? Which is another way of asking how come a Federal Court judge from the boondocks of Western Australia caught the eye of the selectors in Canberra?
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Rudd names new chief justice
30 Jul 2008
In a surprise choice, West Australian Robert French will be the new chief justice of the High Court of Australia, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced.
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Here comes the judge - but which one will it be?
25 Jul 2008
Walk three steps down the Boulevard of Broken Dreams (aka Phillip Street) and your ear will be bent with 10 different speculations about the next chief justice of the High Court.
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Pope meets sex abuse victims: Vatican
21 Jul 2008
Pope Benedict XVI met victims of clergy child sex abuse this morning as his Australian visit entered its final hour.
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NZ a 'giant transit lounge' to Australia
21 Jul 2008
New Zealand has been described as a "giant transit lounge" after an analysis showed many of its immigrants ended up moving to Australia.
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Shell shock: abalone poacher jailed
21 Jul 2008
A 61-year-old man from the NSW south coast has been jailed for four months and fined $900 for poaching abalone
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Ex-husband charged over Lisa's murder
6 Jul 2008
International fugitive Richard Giardina has been arrested by police at Sydney Airport and charged with the murder of his former wife.
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Keddies client charged for saying thanks
1 Jul 2008
A SENIOR solicitor with Keddies Lawyers charged three clients from the same family almost $600 to travel less than two kilometres between Redfern and the CBD for a conference.
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Keddies' chief fined $10,000
25 Jun 2008
The managing partner of the largest specialised personal injury law firm in NSW has been found guilty of professional misconduct and fined $10,000.
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Heiress dog cut down to her last $2 million
17 Jun 2008
Trouble, a white Maltese that inherited $US12 million ($A12.8 million) from late US hotel billionaire Leona Helmsley, will have to get by on a little less, after a judge gave $US10 million of the bequest to charity and two Helmsley grandchildren.
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Angry clients accuse barristers over fees
14 Jun 2008
TWO barristers regularly briefed by Keddies Lawyers have been caught up in accusations of overcharging that have been levelled against the personal injuries firm.
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Top law firm under fire in compo dispute
13 Jun 2008
THE state's largest specialised personal injury law firm is battling allegations of professional misconduct, including gross overcharging and falsifying documents as well as defamation, during an ongoing and bitter dispute with some former staff.
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The day police just went too far
12 Jun 2008
A man who challenged the right of police to remain in his home - only to be sprayed with capsicum spray, handcuffed and locked in a cell wearing only boxer shorts - has won his case in the High Court.
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'Cheese ball sparked deadly road rage'
11 Jun 2008
The woman who allegedly hit and killed Eli Westlake on Saturday morning was under the influence of a cocktail of legal and illegal drugs, as well as two bottles of wine, police say.
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The game's up: jurors playing Sudoku abort trial
11 Jun 2008
AFTER 105 witnesses and three months of evidence, a drug trial costing $1 million was aborted yesterday when it emerged that jurors had been playing Sudoku since the trial's second week.
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Teacher faces 'upskirting' charges
10 Jun 2008
A high school teacher accused of filming up the skirts of schoolgirls is facing court, charged with two acts of indecency and the making and possession of child pornography.
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Underbelly lawyer cleared
10 Jun 2008
Gangland solicitor Zarah Garde-Wilson has been cleared of four charges of giving false evidence to the Australian Crime Commission.
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Man sues hotel over too many Germans...Mr Fawlty?
3 Jun 2008
A British holidaymaker was awarded compensation by a court because there were too many German tourists at the hotel he booked in Greece, newspapers reported Saturday.
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Couple ran $1m-a-week drug ring from suburban home
3 Jun 2008
A couple ran a cocaine smuggling ring from their fortress-like home in New Jersey and amassed so many luxury goods that the wife needed photos to keep track of her 100 pairs of Prada shoes, authorities say.
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'Taken by surprise'
3 Jun 2008
A top criminal investigator was upset and had been "taken by surprise" after being charged over an alleged multi-million dollar international drug syndicate, his lawyer said today.
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Jury's verdict is a win at last for Team Corby
30 May 2008
MERCEDES CORBY won her defamation case against Channel Seven last night, a jury finding that a total of 28 defamatory meanings had been conveyed in three Today Tonight programs and a television news story in February last year.
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Stud couple hogtied, killed and stuffed in barrels, court told
19 May 2008
A couple who ran a horse stud on the NSW south coast were hogtied, gagged and killed before their bodies were placed in 44-gallon drums and set alight, a Wollongong jury has heard.
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Judges abandon wigs for 'Star Trek' look
14 May 2008
British judges abandoned a 300-year-old tradition of wearing horsehair wigs to a chorus of mockery from fashion critics and traditionalists, who say the new robes have turned them into Star Trek look-a-likes.
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Battle of wills: 'greedy children' claim
12 May 2008
A woman accused of murdering her de facto husband with a popular euthanasia drug told his daughter she did not want to lose her share of the estate to the "greedy children", a Sydney court has been told.
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New laws to stop pests in the courts
11 May 2008
NSW State cabinet has approved new laws making it easier for judges to ban vexatious litigants from the legal system.
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Toddler's body found in mine shaft
9 May 2008
A body believed to be that of missing three-year-old Perth boy Imran Zilic has been found in a mineshaft in South Australia, police say.
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'I'm no cyclist hater'
9 May 2008
The driver at the centre of an alleged Sydney road rage incident says he is no "cyclist hater" and he did not deliberately pull up in front of a pack of professional cyclists.
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Prison priest jailed for sex with inmates
6 May 2008
An American Catholic priest who had sex with two inmates while working as a chaplain at a women's prison was sentenced on Monday to two years in federal prison.
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Man arrested after police find 300 dead cats
6 May 2008
A California man has been arrested after police say they found about 300 dead cats stuffed into freezers in his house.
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Wayne Carey charged with police assault
6 May 2008
Fallen footballer Wayne Carey will face charges of assaulting police and resisting arrest over an incident at his Port Melbourne apartment in January,2008
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Lawyers fail to boost Haneef inquiry
30 Apr 2008
Lawyers for Mohamed Haneef have failed in a bid for a judicial inquiry into the detention of the Indian doctor on terrorism charges to seek the powers of a royal commission.
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AFL star accused of bid to cheat uni of $10m
28 Apr 2008
A former Australian rules football star has pleaded not guilty to 31 charges over an alleged elaborate conspiracy to defraud Victoria University of more than $10 million.
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NSW Crown Prosecutor missing on bush trip over long weekend
28 Apr 2008
A Crown prosecutor, Alex Clout, has gone missing during a four-wheel-drive trip to Barrington Tops north of Newcastle.
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US state considers bill banning ornamental testicles
28 Apr 2008
They're proudly displayed by any self-respecting bull, but dangling big metal ones on the back end of a truck could be banned in the US state of Florida.
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Top lawyer being probed for misconduct
28 Apr 2008
A PROMINENT ALP-linked solicitor who chairs Victoria Legal Aid is under investigation over allegations of professional misconduct and failing to inform a client of his work for the leader of a notorious religious sect.
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Father 'locks up daughter for 24 years'
28 Apr 2008
Austrian police have arrested a 73-year-old man accused of locking his daughter in his cellar for 24 years and fathering seven children with her.
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Gambler who lost $30m sues casino
12 Feb 2008
JAMES PACKER was aware of a plan to lure a chronic gambler back to Melbourne's Crown Casino and personally authorised several large cash payments to him, according to legal documents lodged in the Supreme Court of Victoria.
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Handshake sends lawyer to jail
11 Feb 2008
A USA lawyer has been charged with assault for shaking a federal prosecutor's hand so hard, authorities said, that it injured her shoulder.
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'Disgusted' his girlfriend once a man
7 Feb 2008
A man has told a Sydney court he was "disgusted and disturbed" after being told by police while in custody that his girlfriend had once been a man.
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Go on, waste your time in court
7 Feb 2008
I have just come back from jury service. What a stupid, trivial case we witnessed
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Courts in online revolution
3 Feb 2008
COURT cases will be conducted live on the internet in NSW from next week.
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Commission clears Haneef lawyer
1 Feb 2008
Stephen Keim, barrister to former terrorism suspect Dr Mohammed Haneef, has been cleared of professional misconduct by Queensland's Legal Services Commissioner for releasing a transcript of Dr Haneef's interview with the Australian Federal Police.
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Father may accept $1m from daughter's killer
1 Feb 2008
LONDON: An Australian has reportedly travelled to Japan, where he is considering taking a possible "condolence" payment from the businessman convicted of raping and killing his daughter.
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UK victim wins right to sue Lotto rapist in English law lords case
31 Jan 2008
A retired teacher in England today won a landmark law lords ruling giving her the right to claim compensation from a serial rapist who won £7m on the national lottery.
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Robbers tie up lawyer, ransack office
26 Jan 2008
HE IS a lawyer, a race-car owner and runs home loan and online divorce businesses.
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Judge considers jail for 'rock-throwing' lies
24 Jan 2008
THREE youths who lied to police after another was seriously injured by a rock are unlikely to escape without punishment, despite having one of the charges against them dropped.
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Divorce season
13 Jan 2008
APPOINTMENTS with divorce lawyers are soaring, triggered by the stresses and strains of the Christmas break. Some firms report a doubling in consultations during January compared with other months.
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Unwitting incest a 'tragedy'
12 Jan 2008
Twins who were separated at birth and raised by different families met later and married but were forced to break up when they discovered their true identities, a British legislator said on Friday.
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Record payout for refugee who sewed lips
12 Jan 2008
THE Iranian who came to symbolise the debate over asylum seekers during the Howard government era has been awarded compensation of more than $800,000, double previous payouts.
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Newlyweds caught street racing
30 Dec 2007
A couple of newlyweds had their car seized on the way home from church following a street racing incident in western Sydney, police say.
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Gold price set to test $US1000 in 2008
27 Dec 2007
THE price of gold is set to remain high in 2008, putting it on track to break $US1,000 an ounce for the first time, as the yellow metal continues to offer investors a safe haven from volatile financial markets and supply remains tight.
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Rudd 'won't interfere' with Pakistan tour
27 Dec 2007
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he's not inclined to intervene to stop the Australian cricket team's planned tour of Pakistan
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Murder retrial ordered after jury question goes unnoticed by judge
27 Dec 2007
THE failure of a judge to notice a question from a jury in a murder trial will lead to an expensive retrial for three men accused over a shooting in a Cabramatta billiards hall in January 2004.
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Einfeld sent for trial
13 Dec 2007
Former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld will stand trial next year on 13 charges, including perjury and perverting the course of justice, over a series of speeding cases he allegedly tried to dodge through deceit.
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Attack on rape case judge condemned
12 Dec 2007
Personal attacks on a Queensland judge who decided not to impose prison sentences on nine males who pleaded guilty to the pack rape of a 10-year-old girl are intolerable, the Queensland Law Society says.
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GP loses underage sex appeal
12 Dec 2007
A doctor convicted of having sex with an underage girl he thought to be 17 years old has had his appeal dismissed by the High Court.
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Prosecutor in child rape case stood aside
12 Dec 2007
THE PROSECUTOR at the centre of the case in which six attackers escaped jail time for the gang rape of a 10-year-old on Cape York has been stood aside, pending an investigation.
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Einfeld case makes meal of feeding and speeding
12 Dec 2007
Sky News presenter John Mangos has told a Sydney court he chatted to Marcus Einfeld at a northern beaches restaurant on the day the former judge's car was caught speeding.
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Einfeld witness says memory imperfect
11 Dec 2007
A woman who was with former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld in his car the day it was booked speeding says her memory of events is "imperfect".
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Einfeld 'lied under oath'
10 Dec 2007
Former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld lied under oath about a traffic infringement as he was in danger of losing his driver's licence, his District Court committal hearing has heard.
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New development in gang torture case
9 Dec 2007
A new development has come to light in the case of an abducted man found with his ears cut off in bushland on the Gold Coast hinterland, police say
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Aussie refuses plea in snowball attack
9 Dec 2007
An Australian man facing assault charges for throwing a snowball at a co-worker refused a plea bargain and instead insisted on a trial to clear his name, his mother said.
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Insane snowball trial a waste of time: lawyer
7 Dec 2007
An Australian student has gone on trial in Colorado in the United States, charged with assault for hitting a woman with a snowball.
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Police consider dropping Chaser charge
5 Dec 2007
Police may drop APEC security breach charges against the satirical team from ABC TV's The Chaser's War on Everything.
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Sperm donor ordered to pay lesbian couple
5 Dec 2007
A British firefighter who donated his sperm so a lesbian couple could have two babies is being forced to pay thousands of pounds in child support.
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$9m crash payout stopped
4 Dec 2007
A driver who became a quadriplegic after an accident in central Queensland has had her damages award of almost $9 million overturned in the NSW Court of Appeal.
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Bondi pub fighter gets periodic detention
30 Nov 2007
A 23-year-old labourer was sentenced to 16 months periodic detention for his role in a fight with an Irish backpacker that left the tourist with permanent brain damage.
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Crash victim wins $9m
30 Nov 2007
A NSW steel worker has been awarded more than $9.4 million damages for a workplace accident that left him a quadriplegic.
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Man marries dog
14 Nov 2007
A man in southern India has married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony in a bid to atone for stoning two dogs to death, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Judge honoured for sticking up for goldfish
14 Nov 2007
A Brisbane District Court judge has been awarded a "Compassionate judge award" for publicly denouncing a man who flushed two goldfish down the toilet during a burglary at a woman's home.
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We'll keep track of those fined: Scipione
24 Oct 2007
NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has denied that criminals who receive new on-the-spot fines will remain "cleanskins", saying a register will be kept of people who receive the infringement notices.
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Bodies in drums: not guilty plea
24 Oct 2007
A jury of six men and six women will decide the guilt of a man charged with murdering a couple on the NSW South Coast.
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Council agrees to huge payout
23 Oct 2007
Sydney's Randwick City Council has agreed to pay $8 million in compensation to a man left paralysed by a Christmas day cliff dive if found liable.
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Sex victims saved from court torment
7 Oct 2007
BARRISTERS will be refused permission to cross-examine children and sexual assault victims under an Australian-first law to be brought in by the NSW Government.
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Higher penalties for pedophiles, rock throwers
25 Sep 2007
Pedophiles who try to groom children for sex face 10 years in jail and rock throwers who cause grievous bodily harm will be jailed for at least seven years under new penalties for serious offences introduced in NSW Parliament today.
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Prime suspect accused of bugging ex's phone
25 Sep 2007
Perth lawyers should shut up and let police get on with catching the killer of Supreme Court registrar Corryn Rayney, Western Australia's Attorney General Jim McGinty says.
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'Stop suing over babies'
25 Sep 2007
The ACT risks becoming a litigation tourist destination if the law is not changed to prevent people from suing over the birth of healthy babies, the Australian Medical Association says.
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Husband quizzed over bootscooting registrar murder
20 Sep 2007
The lawyer husband of slain West Australian Supreme Court registrar Corryn Rayney was to be taken to major crime headquarters in Perth today to help police with inquiries into her murder.
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Speed offenders snap
16 Sep 2007
NEARLY 5000 motorists want to join a class action lawsuit to overturn speeding fines handed out through a set of new speed cameras in Sydney's south.
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Execs plead not guilty to HIH $30m scam
14 Sep 2007
Two former business executives have pleaded not guilty to fraud charges over an alleged $30 million accounting scam linked to the collapse of insurance giant HIH.
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Your Honour's wife's honour's restored after finger-biting fracas
14 Sep 2007
Convicted at the age of 62 over biting a policeman's finger and a violent struggle after three attempts at a random breath test, a District Court judge's wife had her previous good reputation reinstated today after a judge dismissed two charges and quashed her $900 fine.
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APEC's surprise guest - Mr bin Laden of Canada
7 Sep 2007
IF ONLY the police had stopped to read the fine print on the "APEC 2007 Official Vehicle" sticker......"This vehicle belongs to a member of The Chaser's War on Everything.
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Sydney voted best city
5 Sep 2007
Sydney might seem more like a security fortress than an ideal holiday destination as APEC rolls into town, but travellers have voted it the best city in the world.
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Peeping Tom sues police to get porn back
5 Sep 2007
A man recently released from jail in California after being convicted of secretly videotaping a woman and a teenage girl has sued a Marin County police department for the return of a massive porn collection taken during the investigation.
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Sleeping judge: drug appeals fail
5 Sep 2007
Two men convicted by a judge who was accused of sleeping during their drug trial have failed to get their convictions overturned.
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Mother's deadly choice to run from flames
28 Aug 2007
The mother of four must have agonised as the wall of flames swept through the heavily forested mountain toward her holiday home in southern Greece - should she flee the approaching fire or not?
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Tycoon's last wish: $4 million gift to famous Art Gallery
28 Aug 2007
One of Sydney's wealthiest families has pledged a $4 million donation to the Art Gallery of NSW - the largest single cash donation in its history.
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Baby killed by pet husky
28 Aug 2007
A two-week-old baby has been fatally mauled in her cot by the family's husky overnight, Western Australian police say.
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Mangos to be called in Einfeld case
15 Aug 2007
Media personality John Mangos will be called to give evidence against former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld in his high profile traffic fine case.
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US judge presses $64m suit over pants
15 Aug 2007
A US judge appealed his $US54 million ($A64.24 million) lawsuit on Tuesday against the dry-cleaning shop that misplaced his trousers, shrugging off legal setbacks and international ridicule.
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Highway robbery: cabbies stung twice over
7 Aug 2007
FOR a Sydney cabbie, being cheated of a fare and given a bit of lip is not out of the ordinary. But if they wish to watch their own security camera footage to get a good look at offenders after they've bolted, they face an added sting.
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Police arrest blind man driving car
7 Aug 2007
Police in the Baltic state of Estonia stopped a man who was driving erratically at the weekend, only to find he was blind.
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Three lawyers caught out in prison purge
5 Aug 2007
THREE lawyers are among 467 visitors banned from NSW jails after a crackdown uncovered attempts to smuggle in weapons ranging from tomahawks and carving knives to machetes as well as mobile phones and other contraband.
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Family of policeman killed slams 'gutless' DPP
3 Aug 2007
The family of a policeman killed in the line of duty says it is "bitterly disappointed" that the Director of Public Prosecutions has accepted manslaughter pleas from two of his killers.
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Family of policeman killed slams 'gutless' DPP
3 Aug 2007
The family of a policeman killed in the line of duty says it is "bitterly disappointed" that the Director of Public Prosecutions has accepted manslaughter pleas from two of his killers.
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Man 'killed parents over cat remarks'
3 Aug 2007
A man who specialised in family conflict killed his parents with an axe when they laughed at him over the death of his cat, a court has heard.
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eBay sale is a sale, court rules
3 Aug 2007
There will be no more weasling out of eBay sales after a judge today ruled against a man who has been refusing to hand over a $250,000 vintage plane he sold on the online auction site.
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Barrister admits Haneef leak
18 Jul 2007
The barrister representing Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef has admitted leaking restricted police documents to the media.
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Judges ready to deliver verdict on calling it a bad horsehair day
16 Jul 2007
NSW Supreme Court judges have agreed to vote in the next few weeks on whether their use of the horsehair wigs should be scrapped in civil matters. District Court judges are expected to follow with their own vote.
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Grounded girl's revenge plot
11 Jul 2007
A 15 year-old schoolgirl hatched a plot to kill her parents because they grounded her and forced her to go horse-riding "when she didn't want to", a court has heard.
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'Pervert's mates' win $480,000 from newspaper
7 Jul 2007
IN A startling twist to the story of the disgraced public prosecutor Patrick Power, 16 of his influential colleagues and friends have won $480,000 from The Daily Telegraph in settlement of a defamation action.
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Armless mother puts boot into McDonald's
4 Jul 2007
A woman born with a condition that resulted in underdeveloped hands and arms claims employees at a McDonald's in the Illinois town of Rockford refused to serve her when she wanted to use her foot to collect the bags of food at a takeout window.
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Judge out of pocket after losing $64m pants suit
26 Jun 2007
A judge in the US capital lost his $US54 million ($64 million) lawsuit today against a dry cleaner over a pair of misplaced trousers in a case that became a symbol of the lawsuit-happy US legal system.
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Judge sues for $64.4 million
14 Jun 2007
judge who sued his dry cleaning shop for $US54 million ($64.4 million) over a lost pair of trousers said as the trial wrapped up on Wednesday that he would use any winnings he might get to encourage others to follow suit
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High Court rules on damning restaurant review
14 Jun 2007
The High Court today ruled a newspaper review defamed a Sydney restaurant by saying it sold bad food and provided poor service.
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Good Samaritan dies in dog attack
14 Jun 2007
A "lovely lady" who kept 14 dogs as pets has died after being found with bite wounds over much of her body at her property in Sydney's north-west.
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Quadriplegic negligence case thrown out
25 May 2007
A man who became a quadriplegic after falling from a tree when he was suicidal, has failed in his bid to sue a hospital for releasing him too early.
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QC drug use to be investigated
22 May 2007
THE allegations of drug taking by Victorian barristers following the death of leading QC Peter Hayes will be investigated by the profession's peak state body.
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Axe murderers appeal against convictions
16 May 2007
TWO men jailed for 42 years for the axe murders of a father and son in Tasmania's north have appealed against their convictions and sentences.
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Folbigg wins court battle
16 May 2007
A woman serving 30 years' jail for the killing of four children has won the right to ask that her appeal be reopened after a juror at her trial allegedly illegally researched her background on the internet.
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Woman questioned over lawyer's collapse
16 May 2007
ADELAIDE police say a 28-year-old woman administered a drug of dependence to a Melbourne QC Peter Hayes, who is in a critical condition after being found unconscious in a hotel room on Friday.
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Dentist's chair sent flying as car hits clinic
12 Apr 2007
A woman crashed her car into a Melbourne dental surgery, driving through the waiting room and into the dentist's chair, sending it flying.
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Croc victim gets arm back
12 Apr 2007
Surgeons reattached a Taiwanese veterinarian's forearm today after a 200-kilogram Nile crocodile chomped it off and colleagues recovered the limb from the reptile's mouth.
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Accused war criminal thrown out
12 Apr 2007
Alleged Serbian war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic has lost his bid to stay in Australia.
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Ansett sons fail in bid on father's estate
5 Apr 2007
The two sons of Ansett Airlines founder Sir Reginald Myles Ansett have failed in a bid to claim a larger slice of the aviation pioneer's estate.
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Ex -Federal Court Judge Einfeld faces jail over $77 ticket
30 Mar 2007
THE former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld faces the prospect of a long jail term after being charged yesterday with 13 offences relating to giving false evidence to avoid speeding fines
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Son will be tried over alledged parent stabbings in 1993
21 Mar 2007
A Sydney man accused of stabbing his parents to death 14 years ago should stand trial for their murders, a court has ruled.
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Police killing: High Court orders retrial...
21 Mar 2007
A man acquitted on appeal over the 2002 shooting murder of Sydney policeman Glenn McEnallay should be tried again, the High Court has ordered.
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The Law Explored: the House of Lords
19 Mar 2007
As the highest court in the land, the House of Lords has, for over six centuries, been a prodigious law factory. Major principles of the criminal law, constitutional law, and the law of contract, negligence, and property, have been formulated in its decisions. Today it declares the law in over 80 cases a year
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Leave me be, 98-year-old woman tells young admirer
2 Mar 2007
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A 98-year-old Mexican woman has filed a legal complaint against a suitor 50 years her junior who she said tried to kiss her and threatened to kill her if she didn't let him move in with her.
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Granny finds grenade in groceries
2 Mar 2007
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - A 74-year-old Italian grandmother who bought a sack of potatoes at the her local market found a live grenade among the spuds.
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Judge's ruling warns Brethren
21 Feb 2007
A JUDGE has given three members of an Exclusive Brethren family suspended jail sentences for denying a father an access visit to two of his children.
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Drivers lose speed camera test case
21 Feb 2007
In a test case pitting motorists against the reliability of speed cameras, NSW's highest court has come down on the side of technology.
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Student hit by branch awarded $718,000
14 Feb 2007
A foreign student who suffered head injuries when struck by a falling branch from a fig tree in Hyde Park has been awarded $718,000 in the NSW Supreme Court.
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CRICKET-A crushing defeat for imperial vanity
8 Feb 2007
Befpre Australia take on England in the one-day finals, let's take this opportunity to bury a myth that has grown over the summer.
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Top judge takes Government to task
30 Jan 2007
THE Chief Justice, Jim Spigelman, last night embarked on a staunch defence of judicial independence, attacking disrespect for judges and the Government's petulance at not always getting what it wants.
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Why members of the jury appreciate a nice cup of tea
26 Jan 2007
The jury system has been described as the jewel in the crown of the criminal justice system. But how well are citizens treated when they turn up to do their civic duty? Read on this interesting UK article on this topical subject.
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The verdict: 12 good men and true can understand a fraud trial
26 Jan 2007
Jurors in a UK trial that collapsed at a cost of £60 million after 21 months have strongly backed the ability of ordinary people to cope with complex frauds.
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A hedgehog? There's nowt so queer as...
13 Jan 2007
Is the law dry and dusty? Not so you'd notice from this annual quiz from the land of our forefathers.....
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Falconio killer loses appeal
10 Jan 2007
Bradley John Murdoch has failed in an appeal against his conviction and life sentence for the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio in the Northern Territory outback.
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One strike and you're out
8 Jan 2007
P-platers would automatically lose their licences if they broke the law even once during their first year of driving under a new proposal to be put to the NSW Government.
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A chilli-hot year for whiny garbage
24 Dec 2006
The most memorable, outrageous and unforgetable COURT APPEARANCES of 2006
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Trouble with Harry: two convicted for traffic fines con
8 Dec 2006
A MYSTERY fixer of traffic fines known only as Harry has emerged as a key player in one of two scams that have led to 238 people being charged for falsely swearing statutory declarations to avoid penalties or losing their licence.
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Tell all lawyer 'can't handle the truth'
7 Dec 2006
A former member of Schapelle Corby's legal team who is threatening to tell "the truth" about her drug smuggling conviction can't be trusted, Corby's sister Mercedes says.
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Car hire boss accused of parking fine scam
28 Nov 2006
CHARLIE TOUMA walked to and from the Downing Centre Local Court even though he owns a fleet of luxury sports cars for hire.
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Schoolies bashing: teen critical
23 Nov 2006
A teenager is in a critical condition with serious head injuries after he was bashed on the Gold Coast during schoolies celebrations.
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Two old foes unite to bring peace to Nepal
23 Nov 2006
TWO fierce former foes sat side by side - the wily octogenarian political veteran and the charismatic Maoist - as history unfolded in Nepal with the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement to end the country's 11-year civil war.
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League star awarded $97,000 over tackle
23 Nov 2006
Former rugby league player Jarrod McCracken has been awarded more than $97,000 after suing an NRL club and two players he claimed cut short his career with a spear tackle.
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Paternity fraud case fails in High Court
9 Nov 2006
A man who sued his former wife after paying child support for two children fathered by his wife's lover has lost his appeal to the High Court.
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Sex abuse charge officer freed
1 Nov 2006
A police officer accused of sexually abusing four girls over a 27-year period has been granted bail in the NSW Supreme Court.
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Link between rape and alcohol may change UK laws
24 Oct 2006
"YES" to sex may be translated to "no" in court, in suggested changes to rape laws that are causing confusion in Britain.
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I killed them, cries lone crash survivor
24 Oct 2006
WHENEVER Tyler Green woke up from sedation in hospital, he repeated the same words over and over, a friend says.
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Horror crash may spark new rules
23 Oct 2006
A car accident that killed four teenagers in northern NSW shows the need for new driving laws in Queensland, the state government says.
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Bid to stop 'black widow' taking estate
23 Oct 2006
The family of a man murdered by a de facto dubbed The Black Widow has launched a bid to stop her controlling his estate.
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Child at wheel in fatal crash, court told
18 Oct 2006
A MAN let a four-year-old child steer his car while it travelled at up to 150kmh before ploughing into a group of teenagers, killing six of them, a court has heard.
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Runaway bride sues for cash
11 Oct 2006
A would-be bride who earned instant fame when she ran away from her fiance just before their wedding is suing him for half a million dollars for her share of the rights to their story.
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Double jeopardy killer jailed for life
7 Oct 2006
A man previously cleared 15 years ago in England of murdering a young mother was jailed for life yesterday under changes to the double jeopardy law.
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A Fair Go For Injured People
7 Oct 2006
A traffic accident that wasn’t her fault has changed Sydney mother of three, Susan’s life forever. Like thousands of other people in NSW, Susan cannot access proper compensation for her pain and suffering due to drastic changes introduced by the State Government to personal injury laws in 1999-2005
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Strange case against fugitive lawyer Julian Moti
7 Oct 2006
VANUATU court documents show the case against fugitive lawyer Julian Moti, being sought by the Australian Government, contains serious weaknesses.
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Defence fight as legal bill reaches $57m
5 Oct 2006
THE Defence Department is spending millions of dollars on litigation, sometimes costing more than the compensation being sought, official figures reveal.
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Urgent inquiry into jury system
1 Oct 2006
MORE than half the people called up to become jurors in NSW talk their way out of it, sparking an urgent inquiry aimed at revolutionising the jury system.
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Earth close to hottest climate in million years
26 Sep 2006
The Earth's rapid warming has pushed temperatures to their hottest level in nearly 12,000 years and within a hair's breadth of a million years, a study by the US space agency showed on Sunday.
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Native title claim is 'no pot of gold': Aird
24 Sep 2006
The man behind a native title claim over the Gold Coast says it's no land grab and won't bring a "pot of gold" to Aborigines.
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Found: shark that walks on its fins
19 Sep 2006
Scientists combing through undersea wonders off Indonesia's Papua province said today they had discovered dozens of new species, including a shark that walks on its fins and a shrimp that looks like a praying mantis.
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Cannibals may be feeding the lies
19 Sep 2006
PAUL RAFFAELE led Channel Seven's Naomi Robson, Nine's Ben Fordham and more than 2 million 60 Minutes viewers into Indonesia's Papua province to find a six-year old boy named Wa-Wa. The May 60 Minutes program, which was the most-watched episode of the year and was repeated last night, depicted Wa-Wa as a future victim of his Korowai's tribe's taste for human flesh.
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Herald's use of email replies was wrong, says judge
13 Sep 2006
A SUPREME court judge has criticised two Herald journalists for using emailed replies to questions rather than asking for an interview with the former Carr Government minister Eddie Obeid.
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6 Sep 2006

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Bullies ordered to pay $67,800
6 Sep 2006
A Sydney court has ordered four bullies to pay as much as $67,800 in damages to a fellow student they had threatened and assaulted.
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Victim seeks damages from bullies
5 Sep 2006
A SYDNEY schoolboy who was bullied, threatened and attacked by fellow students is suing his tormenters for more than $100,000 in damages.
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Irwin death footage 'terrible'
5 Sep 2006
The underwater video footage of Steve Irwin's death after he was speared in the chest by a stingray was "shocking" his manager reportedly said today.
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Much-maligned judges get it right on terror
3 Sep 2006
NSW Supreme Court Justice Anthony Whealy, who last month sentenced Lakemba architect Faheem Lodhi to 20 years' jail for planning a terrorist attack in Sydney must be applauded.
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Family justice descends into farce
2 Sep 2006
A BLOW-OUT in Family Court delays is increasing the cost and trauma of breaking up, and it now takes more than two years to resolve difficult disputes
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Removalist crushed by reversing trucks
31 Aug 2006
A Sydney removalist has been crushed to death between two reversing trucks.
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Speed camera upset: RTA holds firm
25 Aug 2006
The Roads and Traffic Authority has warned motorists not to "jump to any conclusions" after a judge ruled that a speed camera photo was not valid evidence.
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Missing woman seen tied up in detective's car
24 Aug 2006
JANINE VAUGHAN, a Bathurst woman who disappeared almost five years ago, was seen tied up in the car of Brad Hosemans, a former NSW police officer, shortly after she went missing, the Police Integrity Commission has been told.
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What does the word 'Telstra' mean to you?
22 Aug 2006
Federal politicians will consider selling up to $10 billion of Telstra shares in a sharemarket
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Big Dazza's dying breed needs saving
22 Aug 2006
IF THERE is one man on the International Cricket Council's umpiring panel brave enough to put his head in the furnace and remain unflinching in the fire, it is Darrell Hair.
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Support for Hair as Pakistan row rages
22 Aug 2006
THE world's leading umpire, Simon Taufel, has defended the stance taken by match officials Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove that led to the fourth Test between England and Pakistan ending in a farcical forfeiture - the first such result in the 129-year history of Test cricket.
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Road rage' shrink shot at van
22 Aug 2006
A US psychiatrist charged with firing gunshots at a van carrying children told the officer who stopped him it was an act of road rage, authorities said.
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FAMOUS UNSOLVED US MURDER MYSTERY: JonBenet murder: 'I did it' claim
17 Aug 2006
A 41-year-old American man has admitted to the killing a decade ago in the USA city of Atlanta, six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, Thai police said today.
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New Qld Law Society boss backs solicitors for judiciary
17 Aug 2006
THE SELECTION of a new president to the Queensland Law Society has brought the issue of judicial appointments again to the fore. Contrary to comments made by some of his peers, covered in these pages, Joe Pinder says solicitors will always make suitable candidates for the bench.
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US woman finds love in Perth schoolboy
16 Aug 2006
A 30-year-old Californian woman has left her toddler behind in the United States to move into a Perth love nest with a 16-year-old schoolboy she met on the internet.
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Hunt for knifeman who stabs strangers
15 Aug 2006
A man who has stabbed three people in random attacks in south-west Sydney could strike again, police have warned.
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Captain Kirk's back on deck
14 Aug 2006
The Starship Enterprise is in trouble and, as usual, Captain James T. Kirk has a plan to save it.
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AIRLINE TERRORISM ALERT
12 Aug 2006
AIRLINE TERRORISM ALERT; Terror Attacks Were `Very Near'; British Arrest 24 in Alleged Plot to Bomb as Many as 10 U.S. Jets
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Einfeld's lawyers have another alibi
11 Aug 2006
THE former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld is a man under serious pressure, from the Solomon Islands to Adelaide.
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Cabbie pushed from car
9 Aug 2006
A taxi driver has died after an assailant pushed him from his moving cab during a dramatic chain of events that began with a police chase in Melbourne's east.
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Burrell's ransom demand
9 Aug 2006
Transcript (uncorrected) of the ransom note sent to the family of Kerry Whelan, who was kidnapped on May 6, 1997.
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Cabbie charged with raping passenger
7 Aug 2006
An Adelaide taxi driver has been charged with raping a 21-year-old passenger.
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Norfolk killing: accused offers no plea
7 Aug 2006
New Zealander Glenn McNeill did not enter a plea to the charge of murdering Janelle Patton in 2002 as his committal hearing got under way on Norfolk Island today.
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Bashed guard cleared of murder
4 Aug 2006
Security guard Karen Brown has been found not guilty of murdering a man who attacked and tried to rob her.
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Heroin dealer, 79, jailed
4 Aug 2006
A 79-year-old Perth widower looks set to spend the rest of his life behind bars after being jailed for nine years for trafficking heroin and methylamphetamine.
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Woman sues over lesbian affair
1 Aug 2006
A MUSIC teacher and Baptist preacher who has admitted having a lesbian relationship with a teenage student 20 years ago is being sued by the woman for assault and negligence.
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Lords back biological parents’ rights
28 Jul 2006
The House of Lords has ruled it is in children’s best interest to remain in the primary care of their biological parent unless there is “compelling reason” against such a move.
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Private criminal prosecution an "anomalous survival", say Lords
28 Jul 2006
It would be an abuse of process to allow the victim of an assault to privately prosecute his assailant in circumstances where the assailant had been formally cautioned by the police and given assurance that he would not be publicly prosecuted, the House of Lords ruled this morning.
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Teen found dead in Long Bay
28 Jul 2006
A 19-year-old prisoner has been found dead on the floor of his cell at Sydney's Long Bay jail.
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Pokie room stabbing 'unprovoked'
27 Jul 2006
A vicious, seemingly unprovoked knife attack in a historic Blue Mountains pub yesterday has left one man fighting for his life in hospital and his attacker on the run, according to police.
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Is there a zombie in the Vatican?
26 Jul 2006
The Vatican has emerged as an "unwitting relay source of spam traffic" in the latest "dirty dozen" report released by Sophos, which names and shames the countries generating the highest amounts of junk email.
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Ship death witness scolded by coroner
26 Jul 2006
AN UNCONSCIOUS Dianne Brimble was showered and dressed by two men before they called medical help because one of them, Mark Wilhelm, was "embarrassed" that she was naked.
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Dying to be dead
24 Jul 2006
It's no surprise to any fan of Channel Ten's hit series The O.C. that founding character Marissa Cooper will shuffle off her mortal coil this week.
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Deportation looms for gifted law student
24 Jul 2006
A LAW student whose work was hailed as "invaluable" by a High Court judge will emerge from Villawood detention centre today to make her last attempt to remain in Australia, or she will be deported tomorrow.
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Appeal for witness over Sydney murder case
21 Jul 2006
When Brendan Fowler arrived to visit his friend Fiona McNeill in her Crown Street apartment one night in November 2001, there was no answer, even though she was expecting him.
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Throat slashed in Eastern Suburbs
21 Jul 2006
A man has had his throat slashed with a knife while walking down a laneway in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
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Click fraud on the up and up
17 Jul 2006
Have you eve wondered how save your Adwords advertising on Google really is, when it is open for your oppostion just to go to your ad, click on it repeatedly thereby making you pay thru the nose? Swindlers have stepped up their effort to fleece millions of dollars from online advertisers who use lucrative marketing networks run by Google and Yahoo, according to a quarterly report to be released.
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Eggs-in-undies smuggler fined
17 Jul 2006
A man who smuggled native bird eggs in his underpants has escaped a jail sentence of up to 10 years but lost his nest egg savings by being fined $25,000.
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Honey, I blew up the house: ex-husband's revenge
12 Jul 2006
A New York married woman received one last piece of abuse from her ex-husband. It was a very long, rambling email with an ominous warning.
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Dog attack leaves victim with leg wounds
12 Jul 2006
A woman was bitten by a dog in Sydney's west yesterday, a day after a toddler was mauled in a nearby suburb.
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Solicitor shot dead in his office
11 Jul 2006
Homicide detectives are seeking witnesses to the murder of a Melbourne solicitor near his office last night.
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Toddler badly hurt in dog attack
10 Jul 2006
Japanese akita dogs should be banned in NSW after an attack which seriously injured a toddler, the State Opposition says.
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Lost dog Rocky kicked to death
10 Jul 2006
A man killed a family's lost labrador by kicking it in the head on a Central Coast street, police say.
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Dingo baby jury notes for sale
7 Jul 2006
A juror in the Azaria Chamberlain murder trial says she will try to sell her notes privately after they were removed from the British arm of eBay.
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Top Sydney SC accused of child porn
7 Jul 2006
A top Sydney Crown Prosecutor has stepped down after being charged with possession of child pornography.
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Juror selling Chamberlain trial notes
7 Jul 2006
A juror in the Azaria Chamberlain murder trial is selling her personal notes from the infamous 1982 proceedings in a bid to finally quell public hatred towards Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton.
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Rabbit mutilator jailed
3 Jul 2006
A Sydney financier has been jailed for 16 months for "the worst case" of aggravated cruelty against animals.
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Former PM's son in court over 'assault'
3 Jul 2006
The son of former prime minister Paul Keating has appeared briefly in a Sydney court on an assault charge.
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Watchdog can probe judge's crash
30 Jun 2006
The NSW Court of Appeal has found that the corruption watchdog, the Police Integrity Commission, was right to investigate one of its brother judges, now former justice and former State Attorney General Jeff Shaw.
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Drug syndicate bust: four charged
29 Jun 2006
The largest international pseudoephedrine smuggling syndicate to ever target Australia has been cracked, halting a $71 million flow of the drug through shipping containers.
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Four held over $130m robbery
26 Jun 2006
Moroccan police have arrested four Britons over the February theft of more than $US95 million ($A130 million) from a cash depot, considered Britain's biggest bank robbery.
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QC defends refusal for clearances
24 Jun 2006
DEFENCE LAWYERS involved in a terrorism trial in Victoria have defended their refusal to undergo security checks, arguing these demands on lawyers are unfair.
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Shunned pupil wins damages
21 Jun 2006
A Sydney tribunal has found that a gifted child with the learning disability motor dyspraxia was discriminated against at Seaforth Public School in 1999 and has awarded him $15,000 compensation.
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Would-be monarch a crime king
19 Jun 2006
Victor Emmanuel, who uses the title prince, was arrested in Varenna on Friday. Investigators allege that in a casino of Campione d'Italia, an Italian enclave in Switzerland, the poker machines were rigged, call girls were available for clients and Sicilian mafiosi were involved.
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Lawyer wanted child sex, court told
17 Jun 2006
A HIGH-PROFILE lawyer who allegedly fantasised about raping children and animals has been refused bail after arranging to have sex with an undercover police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl.
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A-G pushes family law changes
11 Jun 2006
A NEW set of changes to family law, which take effect from 1 July this year, are the most significant to take place in 30 years, according to the Attorney-General’s Department.
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Final report: no justification for tort reforms
11 Jun 2006
THERE WAS no justification for the “sweeping reforms” to tort law that have been introduced across much of the country, a report commissioned by the peak body representing lawyers across Australia has found.
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Aussie doctor on murder charges granted bail
9 Jun 2006
The Ugandan High Court has granted bail to a Ugandan-born Australian cardiologist who has been held on remand for nearly a year on charges of murdering his wife.
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Husband's fake death: wife pleads guilty
9 Jun 2006
The estranged wife of a Sydney businessman who faked his own death as part of a $3.5 million insurance scam has pleaded guilty to obtaining money by deception.
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Sex slavery: first woman jailed
9 Jun 2006
The first person in Australia to be found guilty by a jury of possessing sex slaves has been jailed for 10 years.
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Student suspended over attack on parent
5 Jun 2006
A SYDNEY Boys' High School student has been suspended for 20 days after he attacked a parent who heckled him from the sidelines of a rugby match.
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Gone phishing ... gangs using Aussie kids to steal millions
4 Jun 2006
POLICE have smashed an international fraud gang that used school-aged children in Sydney to launder money stolen from unwitting victims' bank accounts.
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Thanks John Marsden for helping me come out: Kirby
4 Jun 2006
ONE of Australia's most eminent High Court judges, Justice Michael Kirby, yesterday praised the late John Marsden, saying Marsden was responsible for encouraging him to "come out" and declare his homosexuality.
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My life as a gay Christian judge
2 Jun 2006
HIGH Court judge Michael Kirby swapped the Bench for a suburban club to give his verdict on homosexuality and religion this week.
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Scarf scandal
2 Jun 2006
A SENIOR bureaucrat has swindled a world-renowned Blue Mountains artist out of a unique hand-made $250,000 silk scarf, claiming it was to be a gift from the Government for the Abu Dhabi royal family.
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Financial adviser's $6m scam
30 May 2006
A FORMER financial adviser with Australia's largest bank yesterday pleaded guilty to misappropriating almost $6 million of clients' funds.
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Workplace safety: call for industrial manslaughter law
30 May 2006
A new lobby group in South Australia will press for the introduction of industrial manslaughter laws to help cut workplace deaths.
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NAB launches $500m legal action
29 May 2006
NATIONAL Australia Bank (NAB) has launched legal action against two global currency broking houses to recover more than $500 million lost in its rogue-trading affair.
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Sydney pizza delivery man mugged
28 May 2006
A pizza delivery man has been bashed and robbed in Sydney.
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$100,000 reward over 'cold cases'
28 May 2006
The disappearances of two separate couples more than 25 years ago in circumstances of suspected foul play have resurfaced as "cold cases" worthy of the top-rating television series.
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Armless driver 'dangerous'
25 May 2006
A New Zealand man with no arms has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving after police stopped him for speeding on a major highway.
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Rocker gets $330,000 for drunken crash
25 May 2006
Former Australian Crawl lead guitarist Simon Binks, who suffered brain damage after a drunken car accident, has been awarded more than $330,000 after successfully suing North Sydney Council.
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Pay attention to international law: Kirby
23 May 2006
High Court judge Michael Kirby is calling for greater reference to international human rights law in Australian courts, particularly on constitutional matters.
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Bouncer bailed on murder charge
23 May 2006
One of the three Brisbane bouncers charged with the murder of a hotel patron who died after allegedly being held in a headlock has been granted bail.
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Tragic end to argument with Taxi driver over $6 fare
18 May 2006
An argument over six dollars has ended in tragedy for the family of a young Englishman, who died after falling from a moving taxi on Sunday morning.
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Marsden dies on holiday
18 May 2006
High profile Sydney lawyer John Marsden was "defiantly" holidaying in Europe with friends when he died, his family says.
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Death in post-bout brawl
18 May 2006
One man is dead following a violent brawl at a Perth hotel where boxing fans had gathered to watch the televised fight between Anthony Mundine and Danny Green.
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Deadly Mother's Day cocktail kills teen
16 May 2006
Bourbon, marijuana and butane gas - a deadly cocktail that killed a 17-year-old WA girl on Mother's Day leaving young partygoers too scared to dial triple-0.
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Celeb doctor sex assault charge dropped
15 May 2006
Charges of sexual assault against a Sydney celebrity doctor have been dropped.
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Volcano blasts ash and gas over villages
15 May 2006
Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano has exploded with clouds of hot gas and ash rain today, sending many villagers scurrying for safety.
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Give us back our rights
14 May 2006
Australia is not the only country that is getting fed up with judges and courts that fail to recognise the rights of victims, the pain and grief of relatives, and the vocal outrage of community groups, when sentencing criminals.
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Kiss of Death!!
13 May 2006
WHEN Russell Oldham and Rodney Monk symbolically embraced each other on the fateful night of Monk's murder, it was a spooky kiss of death for both of the Bandito outlaw bikies.
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German cannibal jailed for life
10 May 2006
A German self-confessed cannibal was jailed for life after a court in Frankfurt found him guilty of murder for killing and partly eating an allegedly willing victim he had met on the internet.
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Ms Kiss kisses away driver's licence, 200 hours of free time
10 May 2006
A SECRETARY will have 200 hours to reflect on the amazing trail of destruction she wrought after driving away from a wild girls' night out.
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Two lose wrongful life case
9 May 2006
The High Court today ruled against two severely disabled people who claimed they should not have been born.
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Runaway Kiwi goldfish recaptured
8 May 2006
A GOLDFISH swept from a backyard pond by New Zealand floodwaters has been found alive and well in a dirty roadside ditch about 2km away.
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London car wash costs $11,500
8 May 2006
FIRST the cost of petrol went through the roof - now a bloke is charging £4800 ($11,500) to wash a single car.
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20-year-old becomes youngest magistrate
7 May 2006
A 20-year-old man has become Britain's youngest magistrate. The unnamed man was appointed to the North Sussex bench after a £4m government advertising campaign to recruit more young people and ethnic minority candidates to the bench.
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4,000 set breast-feeding record
7 May 2006
Nearly 4,000 mothers in Manila reportedly set a world record for the most women breast-feeding in the same place at the same time. The 3,738 mothers breast-fed for at least a minute, the Mayor of Manila, Lito Atienza, said. Guinness World Records will evaluate the result.
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Death costs firm $110,000
6 May 2006
A SYDNEY company has been fined $110,000 in relation to an accident in which a forklift driver was crushed to death.
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Sniffer dogs illegal
5 May 2006
RANDOM drug checks by police and sniffer dogs at Sydney's domestic airport may have been carried out illegally for the past four years.
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Man, 33, marries woman, 104
3 May 2006
A 33-year-old Malaysian man has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship and not money had made him fall in love. It is his wife's 21st husband. He was previously unmarried.
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$10.5m super theft
2 May 2006
A Commonwealth Bank superannuation employee allegedly stole $10.5 million from clients' accounts – then gambled $8.5 million of it away at a Sydney gambling casino.
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Couple cashed in on ATM $50 bill blunder
2 May 2006
An ATM that laid golden eggs!! In Bathurst Local Court( NSW) it was alledged a country couple thought all their prayers had been answered at once when they came across an ATM that dispensed $50 notes instead of $20 notes..29 withdrawals were made giving from the machine paying them $2,670 cash...over twice the amount they were entitled to.
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Serial police pest caller charged
1 May 2006
Better late than never!! A Sydney woman accused of making almost 90 fake calls over a period of one (1) year for urgent ambulance assistance has finally been charged by police for improper use of emergency services.
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'Fake death' of epileptic dog sparks lawsuit
30 Apr 2006
Attention! Pet lovers. Select your vetinarary surgeon carefully. A US family, who thought they were witnessing their epileptic dog being euthanased, actually watched a simple sedation precedure carefully concocted to allow the vet to sell the dog, they claimed in a lawsuit.
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Parents sue US town over gay fairytale
29 Apr 2006
This could only happen in the USA of America!! Two (2) families have filed a lawsuit against a Massachusetts town and its public school system after a teacher read a gay-themed fairytale to children without notifying them first.
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Accused killer, 12, linked to goth site
28 Apr 2006
A 12 year old "goth" girl has been charged in Canada with the alleged murder of 3 of her family members. There is speculation that the 12 year old recently became obsessed with "gothic industrial culture" after being inroduced to an internet website known as "VampireFreaks.com" which features blogs and articles by subscribers using weird pseudonyms.
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Man finds $420,000 in car park
27 Apr 2006
Honesty is STILL the best policy. This article talks about case studies where citizens have handed in large sums of money they found and were rewarded when, after 12 weeks, the money was not claimed. Under Australian law, the money is then the rightful property of the discoverer.
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