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,... 
by Julie McCoy | 04/10/2019 | Criminal Law, International, Opinion, Politics
In February 1692, in a secluded village in the isolated British American colony of Massachusetts, 9-year-old Betty Parris and her 11-year-old cousin Abigail Williams, began to behave very strangely indeed. It seems they had recently taken to screaming, ranting and... 
by Julie McCoy | 27/09/2019 | Criminal Law, International
Last week, Australian man Jock Palfreeman was released from a Bulgarian prison after being incarcerated for 8 years and 11 months for the murder of a local law student in 2007. Palfreeman has consistently protested his innocence, his legal team unsuccessfully arguing... 
by nyst-admin | 22/08/2019 | Criminal Law, Human Rights, International
We’ve all heard the news of protesters demonstrating in the streets of Hong Kong, decrying the proposed amendments to that city’s extradition laws with China. We’ve seen the television news footage of university students, right here in Australia,... 
by nyst-admin | 19/04/2019 | Criminal Law, International, Opinion
They say confession is good for the soul. That may be so, but sometimes it seems there’s a whole lot of things it’s not nearly so good for. Just ask Liam Neeson. The three-time Golden Globe winning actor, listed in “The 100 Sexiest Stars in Film... 
by nyst-admin | 08/02/2019 | Criminal Law, International, Litigation
A brand new Netflix documentary doing the rounds right now has sparked a maelstrom of controversy around the ethical and legal culpability of “social media influencers” in advertising and promoting business brands for profit. The disaster-doco “FYRE: The Greatest...
