In Armitage v Parole Board Queensland (2023) 17 QR 297, the Court of Appeal reviewed the Parole Board’s decision to issue a ‘no cooperation declaration’ for a ‘no body-no parole prisoner’, where the victim’s remains were likely destroyed by fire…
In the matter of R v Lovell; Ex parte Attorney-General (Qld) [2015] QCA 136, the Court of Appeal considered whether a disfigurement subsequently medically repaired is capable of amounting to ‘serious disfigurement’ under the definition of grievous bodily harm.
In Carter v Attorney-General (No 2) [2014] 1 Qd R 111, the Court of Appeal examined the issues of whether section 311 (aiding suicide) of the Criminal Code was a complete code, and whether killing with the intention to kill,…
In Cobb v Queensland Police Service (2023) 3 QDCR 123, the Court considered whether a mobile phone constitutes a ‘computer’ for the purposes of s 408E of the Criminal Code and whether unauthorised access to a password-protected mobile phone amounted…
In the matter of Re: AJG [2004] QCA 88, the applicant sought admission as a solicitor, after having engaged in substantial academic misconduct (plagiarism) during Practical Legal Training (PLT).
In Burton v Davies [1953] QSR 26, the defendant’s actions of driving at high speed preventing the plaintiff from leaving the vehicle, constituted false imprisonment, as the plaintiff had no reasonable means of escape.
In R v Morris [2010] QCA 315, the Court of Appeal considered whether the applicant’s sentence for unlawful stalking for posting defamatory notices—implicating the complainant as a murderer, was excessive.