Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

David Kelsey-Sugg 01 Mar 2020

Crown appeal against sentence – procedural fairness . . .

Criminal Procedure Immigration Judgment Police

Informer anonymity threatens criminal justice system

Karin Derkley 19 Feb 2019

Courts could become further clogged as a result of the police informants scandal if clients come to doubt their lawyers are acting in their best interests, the opening session at the Royal Commission into Management of Police Informants heard last week...

Corruption Police

New DNA powers go too far

Karin Derkley 06 Feb 2019

Stronger protections are needed around proposed new police powers to take DNA samples from people suspected of a crime, the LIV has said in a letter to the police minister Lisa Neville...

Police Powers Young Persons

Is it reasonable?

David Joseph 03 Dec 2018

The impoundment by police of a motor vehicle can only proceed subject to a reasonableness test...

Police

LIV welcomes report into police accountability and external oversight

LIV Media 05 Sep 2018

The LIV welcomes the final report of the parliamentary inquiry into the external oversight of police corruption and misconduct in Victoria...

Human Rights Police

Body worn camera scheme fails accountability test

Karin Derkley 03 Sep 2018

Body cameras will be worn by 11,000 Victorian police by 2020, but it will be up to individual officers to decide when to turn them on or off...

Police

New DNA powers open to abuse

Karin Derkley 22 Jun 2018

New police powers to obtain DNA samples from adults, youth and disabled suspects without a court order are unwarranted and open to abuse, lawyers say...

Police

Police complaints system needs drastic overhaul

Karin Derkley 04 Apr 2018

Community lawyers are so disenchanted with the police complaints system that they are no longer bothering to report instances of police misconduct, preferring to refer matters directly to civil proceedings instead...

Police

Offensive comments drive call for independent police complaints body

Karin Derkley 27 Feb 2018

Extraordinarily offensive comments by a former senior Victorian police officer responsible for professional standards highlights need for a complaints system that holds police accountable for their conduct, says the LIV...

Corruption Police

Crime down, but more in prison

Karin Derkley 09 Feb 2018

Crime rates in Victoria are down, but prisoner numbers are up, according to two recent reports...

Police Punishment

Youth workers, not police, needed in schools

Karin Derkley 06 Feb 2018

The Opposition's proposal to embed police in Victorian schools will do nothing to prevent youth crime and will instead foster a schools-to-prison pipeline, youth justice advocates say...

Police Young Persons

The trouble with IBAC

Merys Williams 02 Oct 2017

It's time for an independent investigation of police misconduct complaints....

Opinions Police

Operation public confidence

Carolyn Ford 01 Dec 2016

After a damning report in 2013 that resulted in a forensic overhaul, the Adult Parole Board is determined to restore faith in the system. APB chair Peter Couzens has a big job ahead of him...

Civil Rights Criminal Procedure Justice Police

Supreme Court Judgments

Professor Greg Reinhardt 01 Dec 2016

Refusal to disclose police intelligence information – did this result in lack of procedural fairness? Chief Commissioner of Police v Nikolic [2016] VSCA 2016 (unreported, 14 October 2016, No S APCI 2016 0097...

Courts Judgment Police

Living Law: On the ball

Karin Derkley 01 Oct 2016

Chief Examiner Steve McBurney is used to making tough calls – on and off the field. There are one or two similarities between being Chief Examiner and a footy umpire, says Steve McBurney..

Criminal Procedure Police

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