Hard Cases

by nyst-admin | 05/02/2021 | Criminal Law, Jonathan Nyst

The familiar legal adage “Hard cases make bad law” dates back at least as far as the early 1800s. It points to the danger of reacting to an extreme case by making a general, harsh and inflexible law to cover all cases. Wisdom dictates, the adage suggests,...

SHORTLISTED FOR CRIMINAL LAW GONG

by nyst-admin | 11/05/2020 | Criminal Law

Nyst Legal Associate Jonathan Nyst was this week shortlisted as one of 10 finalists in the Criminal Law division of the national Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards. Lawyers Weekly’s 30 Under 30 program awards the rising stars of the Australian legal industry,...

COVID FLUX

by nyst-admin | 24/04/2020 | Criminal Law, Opinion

With COVID-19 directives flying thick and fast from both federal and state institutions, many of us may be getting a little confused about precisely what we can and can’t do, as a matter of law. Every day, someone asks my advice about the fine detail – “Can I...

NO ORDINARY TIME

by nyst-admin | 01/04/2020 | Criminal Law

It’s sometimes said that one man’s loss is another man’s profit, and that’s evidently true, even in these strange and troubled times. Just ask all those previously-struggling toilet paper and face mask makers. One curious example has even...

A MILE IN THEIR SHOES

by nyst-admin | 28/02/2020 | Criminal Law, International

On 20 February 2020, the historical drama, “The Professor and the Madman”, starring Hollywood heavyweights, Sean Penn and Mel Gibson, was rolled out to Australian cinemas. It is loosely based on the 1998 book ‘The Surgeon of Crowthorne’ written by Simon Winchester,...

MALICE AFORETHOUGHT

by Julie McCoy | 09/12/2019 | Criminal Law

Last week, a Queensland mother became the first person to be charged under the State’s new, expanded definition of murder laws, after allegedly leaving her two infant children to die in the blistering heat of her car, after falling asleep one Saturday...