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Mistrial declared after one day in murder trial for woman whose ex-partner's body was fed through woodchipper - ABC News
Thompson v R [2023] NSWCCA 244 - NSW Caselaw
The Court of Criminal Appeal (Beech-Jones CJ at CL, Hamill J and Ierace J) has dismissed an appeal brought by Mr Thompson against his conviction and sentence for conspiring to import a commercial quantity of border controlled drug (1.11t pure cocaine via a yacht that departed from NZ).
Ierace J notes the following at [214] - “[i]t is difficult to understand how Mr Radojev reconciled ceasing to appear in the trial at the point that he did with his responsibilities as counsel. His absence was contrary to the terms of Mr Goold’s letter that required him to remain in the trial at least until the jury retired to consider its verdict. By the time of his departure, the trial had run about a month over its three months’ estimate. It was not suggested that if he returned his brief for the Griffith matter, which was a trial in the District Court, there would be difficulty in securing fresh counsel. Although Mr Goold apparently relented and agreed to Mr Radojev leaving when he did, I consider his behaviour professionally unsatisfactory. The stakes for the applicant could not have been higher.”
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The Law Council of Australia recently commissioned an independent expert to analyse the vulnerabilities of the Australian legal profession to money laundering and terrorism financing risk. The report is by New Zealand law firm Russ + Associates.
Julian Burnside AO KC retired from advocacy recently after 47 years at the Victorian Bar.
— Stephen Warne (@StephenWarne)
9:12 PM • Oct 9, 2023
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