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The Office of Local Government (OLG) has agreed to be the State coordinating agency between affected local councils seeking assistance and councils who have the capacity to assist. OLG has teamed up with the City of Sydney Council, Sydney Resilience Office and Local Government NSW to provide a disaster recovery council resource co‑ordination service toRead more

Once you have made a decision to make your will, make sure you get everything finalised as quickly as possible. Here’s a timely reminder as to why it’s so important to get your Will finalised before it’s too late. In Small v Phillips (No 2) [2019] NSWCA 268 The Supreme Court released the following judgement:Read more

The Court of Criminal Appeal has refused leave to hear the sentence appeal imposed on the Defendant in Yin v R [2019] NSWCCA 217 for possessing a commercial quantity of methamphetamine. Originally Mr Yin was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 10 years. The offence involved the unlawful importation from TaiwanRead more

The Court of Criminal Appeal has, by majority, dismissed an appeal against the sentence imposed on Mr Alou for aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence, namely, that Mr Mohammad commit a terrorist act. The Appeal relates back to the shooting of a civilian employee with the NSW Police Force back inRead more

The Court of Criminal Appeal has allowed an appeal brought by Mr Simpson against his sentence for one offence of take and drive vehicle without consent, one offence of break, enter and steal and one offence of dispose of stolen property (Simpson v R [2019] NSWCCA 137, Leeming JA, Davies J, Button J). The penaltiesRead more