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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…

2016 has seen the longest election campaign ever held for a federal election in Australia. Though it pales into comparison with the rather painful United States process, by now many voters will be well and truly over the advertising, telephone polling and general electioneering. While the blackout on political advertising commenced at midnight, it is…

Go To Court Lawyers has been named winner of the 2016 Australian Legal Reference Website of the Year by Global Law Experts (GLE). GLE is the world’s premier online resource by which to locate specialist legal practitioners. Their business is to research and profile legal practitioners and law firms across the globe and across all…

Melbourne woman, Michelle Chaffey, 32, has achieved the dubious distinction of being possibly Australia’s worst driver. Dubbed the ‘demerit queen’ by Channel 9, Chaffey appeared in Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on 14 June 2016 after having accrued 157 driver demerit points and additional charges for having been driving while her licence was suspended. The offences related…

The ACT government has introduced a new offence aimed at improving road safety for all road users. Introduced by Part 1.10 of the Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2016, the new provision, s 28A in the Crimes Act 1900, makes it an offence to: deliberately throw an object at a vehicle deliberately drop…

On 1 June 2016, new legislation came into effect in Victoria which is designed to ‘protect the community further from sexual offenders including those serious sex offenders who may be, or may become, violent’. The Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2016 (‘the amending Act’) alters a number of existing pieces…

It is now less than a month until the updated Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection Skilled Occupations List will take effect. The new list becomes operable as of 1 July 2016. This list governs who is eligible for certain kinds of working visas, such as the Skilled – Independent visa (subclass 885), the…

A charge of drink driving has reportedly been laid against a Queensland Member of Parliament after police stopped him for a random breath test on Wednesday night. It was claimed that Billy Gordon, the Member for Cook, had been watching the State of Origin match in Kuranda and was driving back to Cairns along the…

Go To Court Lawyers have been retained to act on behalf of one of a number of people arrested following multiple drug raids across the NSW Central Coast and Sydney on Wednesday. The raids are alleged to have resulted in a drugs haul valued at more than $1.5 million, including 30,000 ecstasy pills, cocaine, cannabis,…

On Friday night, Go To Court Lawyers from our Queensland offices stepped out in their finery to help raise money for the R U OK? organisation at the 2016 Queensland Law Society Annual Ball. As the grand finale to Law Week, the evening called for lawyers to ‘shape up for the geometric experience of the…

BADEN-CLAY APPEAL TO BE HEARD BY THE HIGH COURT The High Court of Australia has today handed down its decision as to whether to grant special leave to appeal in relation to the downgrading of the murder conviction of Gerard Baden-Clay. Baden-Clay was convicted on 15 July 2014 of murdering his wife Alison. The case…

GTC stars put in a stellar effort at the QLS Touch Football Tournament 2016 Go to Court Lawyers has fielded a talented team in the 2016 QLS Touch Football Tournament held at JF O’Grady Memorial Park in Fairfield, Brisbane, on Saturday 7 May. Although having never played together as a team before, the GTC Assailants…

Music legend, Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson), has passed away at the age of 57. Most will remember him as a creative genius, able to capture the heart and soul across a range of musical genres. He was a talented singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and even actor. Throughout the course of his career, beginning at age…