It is an offence in NSW to be in possession of an illicit substance. An illicit substance includes drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy, MDMA, ice and cannabis /marijuana. Simply being in possession of a prohibited drug is an offence. It is common at music festivals for police to use sniffer dogs to detect people in
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While it is often a common sight to see police setting up an RBT in the early hours of the night to catch drink drivers on the way home from a night out, more recently there has been a significant increase in the number of RBTs being set up in the early hours of the
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The Holiday season often also means extra police patrolling our roads. While it’s incredibly important that we are all stay safe over the holidays, the increased number of police patrolling New South Wales roads also leads to increase in the number of drink driving offences being detected. Being charged with a drink-driving offence can have
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It is a legal defence to a criminal offence, like assault, if at the time of the offence the person was acting in self defence. The law states that a person is not criminally responsible for an offence if the person carries out the conduct constituting the offence in self-defence. In order to successfully raise self defence in a criminal trial, a person must
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Applying for a Divorce in Australia does not have to be a complicated process. Divorce Applications are heard in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia which has jurisdiction to deal with the dissolution of marriage, that is making a Divorce Order. The first step in obtaining a Divorce Order is to complete and file a
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They can be a common fear amongst people entering into a new relationship, that their new spouse may automatically become entitled to half of their assets. The reality is, that in Australia there are a number of factors that affect what a person is entitled too in a property settlement. Just because you enter into
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