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Firearms Tom Spohr Firearms Tom Spohr

Commissioner of NSW Police v Murphy [2024] NSWCA 311

Here the Court of Appeal has held it is not permissible to revoke an existing Apprehended Violence Order in order to avoid automatic legislative consequences, including a prohibition on holding a firearms licence. Nor will it be permissible to extend the order if the main reason it is being extended

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Drug offences Tom Spohr Drug offences Tom Spohr

Salameh v R [2024] NSWCCA 239

The Court of Criminal Appeal (‘CCA’) sat a full bench in this case in order to set the record straight on the mental element in drug supply matters. They held that the prosecution is not required to prove that the accused knew the identity of the actual drug. All that is required is that the prosecu

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