Solicitors Duty toward Clients

A solicitor has 3 duties toward a client; 1- Act on clients best interest 2- Maintain confidentiality, and 3- Disclose all relevant information to Client Something I learned recently in relation to conflict check and why it is important. 

Handcuffing

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Handcuffing In the following mentioned case, unreasonable handcuffing was discussed. it appears that, Police can not handcuff just because a person was arrested.  Kumar v Minister for Immigration, Local Government & Ethnic Affairs (1991) 28 FCR 128 In interpretation, Kyrou J. stated in Slaveski v State of Victoria [2010] VSC 441, “Lockhart J held that […]

Pervert Course of Justice

In R v Danahay [1993] 1 Qd R 271 his honour referred to R v Kellett[1976] Q.B. 372 where Stephenson L.J stated “With this authority in mind we would not consider that the offence of attempting to pervert the course of justice would necessarily be committed by a person who tried to persuade a false […]