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The “creepy clown” craze has spread to Australia and two women have been arrested in the United States. In what can only be described as a terrifying prank, people are dressing up in clown outfits and engaging in antisocial behaviour. Two women in the US were arrested for disorderly conduct and Australian police have already…

Go To Court Lawyers is pleased to announce that it is a Law Council of Australia’s Diversity and Equality Charter signatory. By becoming a signatory, Go To Court Lawyers is proud to commit to the following: Treating everyone with respect and dignity, regardless of their sex, ethnicity, age, sexuality, disability, race, religion, culture or any…

Law student and political blogger, Petros Khalesirad has been charged with unlawful stalking of a member of Queensland Parliament. An avid political blogger, Petros’s bail conditions have banned him from using social media and coming within 100 metres of the MP and her family. Credit: iampetrosk.com.au Unlawful stalking in QLD Unlawful stalking in QLD is…

In a story which parallels the hit television programme, Suits, a law graduate has recently been convicted of engaging in legal practice without authority. It is understood the law graduate was allegedly not yet admitted to legal practice but held out to be a lawyer in court, to clients, and on social media. The ‘wannabe…

In a first for Australia, Go To Court and Crowd Mobile have partnered to launch Australia’s first legal advice App. The Go To Court App is now available for download on the Apple App Store and Android’s Google Play Store. The App gives everyone the ability to ask a lawyer a legal question directly from…

Written by Jack Leitner and Chantal McNaught Following the news that Queensland will be making ride-booking services legal from 5 September, Victorian Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan announced that similar reforms in Victoria will be forthcoming. ‘These reforms will be comprehensive and they will give people more choice,’ Ms Allan said. Previously, Queensland, New South…

Today (31 August) the High Court of Australia delivered its judgment in the Queensland Prosecution’s appeal of the murder conviction downgrade of Gerard Baden-Clay. In a decision which has been described as a win for common sense, we get to the bottom of the High Court’s unanimous decision to restore Baden-Clay’s murder conviction, and with…

Once again Go To Court Lawyers has secured an award, having recently been presented the esteemed Best Commercial & Criminal Law Network 2016 award by online business magazine APAC Insider. APAC Insider is an innovative online business news magazine featuring businesses across the Asia-Pacific region, spanning continents. Each year APAC Insider hosts the APAC Insider Awards…

Our community was shocked by the revelations that a group of teenagers from a Gold Coast High School were subject to mass suspension as a result of producing and distributing child pornography material. The Year 9 teenagers, both males and females, are believed to have been sexting naked photos of themselves with their peers.  The school’s…

After releasing its long-awaited review into the personalised transport industry, the Queensland government will make ride-booking (also referred to as ride-sharing) services legal throughout Queensland from 5 September 2016.  These changes will impact ride-sharing drivers (using a ride-booking service such as Uber), taxi and limousine services. This decision comes mere months after the government introduced…

Go To Court’s award-winning website has picked up another prize – a coveted Gold Stevie in the 2016 International Business Awards (IBA). The Stevie is the world’s premier business award, recognising positive contributions made by organisations and working professionals around the world. The 2016 IBA competition received more than 3,800 nominations across all categories, from…

Following an invitation from the NSW Young Lawyers, Go To Court could not resist pitting themselves against other lawyers and accountants in a trivia contest, all in the name of charity. Lawyers from our Go To Court Sydney and Liverpool offices recently participated in the NSW Young Lawyers and Chartered Accountants ANZ Cross Industry Charity…

Something strange is happening all over Australia. Almost everywhere you look, there are groups of people – quite clearly unknown to each other – wandering around the country while glued, even more than usual, to the screen of their mobile device. The cause of this phenomenon is the new game, Pokémon Go. For those few…

While falling short of the drink driving records we have reported in previous posts, and which involved open licence holders, a learner driver in Melbourne has possibly just achieved a record for inexperienced drivers. Around 2:00am on Friday, police noticed a car driving erratically along Doncaster Road through Donvale. It was travelling at only 20km/h.…

There are thousands of posts on the internet about weird laws in Australia, but how true are the claims? We researched the strangest ones we could find to see if there was any truth to them. Possessing 50kgs of potatoes It has been claimed that in Western Australia it is an offence to possess 50kgs of…

Another of Australia’s federal politicians has been caught driving while using a mobile phone. Just 2 days out from the election and in her highly visible campaign car, Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop was photographed committing the offence as she drove along a congested major road in Perth on Thursday. In Western Australia, you are…

Go To Court Lawyers has announced the winners of its inaugural Australian Legal Writing Challenge. The Challenge was open to all budding writers who held an Australian law degree or were in their final year of an Australian law degree. Entry was through submission of an article of between 800 and 1,500 words, and pertaining…

What does jurisdiction mean in the age of the internet? Holly Watson-Reeves* Ordinarily, if you break a law somewhere, you’ll go to court in the same region. But what happens if you break the law while you’re online? Because the internet exists all over the world at the same time, this is where things get…

The Untapped Wealth Inside Your iTunes Account Caroline Foley* When we buy products as a consumer, we have the security that if we change our minds, no longer want them, or want to upgrade to better things, there’s generally a market to on-sell them. Whether it be through Ebay, Amazon, or Gumtree, we have secondary…

International Child Abduction: Rights and Responsibilities Paula Pfingst* Occasionally we hear about children who have been abducted to or from Australia. Most notably, the “Italian sisters” case [1] and the Channel Nine team in Lebanon [2] have drawn wide public attention and debate. Many have opinions about what should be done in these types of circumstances and…