Reading RoomWelcome to the final Prosecutions Update for 2011. Please click here to view the November prosecution results.
Our seminar, Getting it right - why does it matter? (held on 1 December 2011) was attended by over 60 prosecution officers. Among the matters considered were the vexed issues around 'powers of entry'.
Please find attached our latest Prosecutions Update. We encourage you to check our updates to determine whether your current matters involve persons who have been brought before the court on prior planning, food, health or other matters. This is one way of working out whether your matter involves a person who may have prior findings of guilt for similar matters.
We are pleased to publish Maddocks' Prosecution update for the months of March, April, May and June. Please click here to view the report...
Welcome to the April edition of the prosecutions update. Please click here to view the report.
We take this opportunity to introduce our newest member of the team Elisabeth Brett. Elisabeth has a special interest in government law and advocacy. In 2010, Elisabeth won the award as the Most Outstanding Advocate in the highly regarded Hanover Welfare Services Moot Competition.
Overall, …
Please click here to see the Prosecutions report for December 2010 and January 2011.
A lot has happened over the last couple of months and 2011 appears to be a year of change and new issues. Of interest is the change in government and the recent statement in relation to illegal brothels. This will certainly have some ramifications for local government and planning enforcement …
Please click here to view the prosecutions report for October.
News:
We are offering a free seminar to all our clients who are involved in investigating offences. The seminar will focus on the PEACE interviewing model that is used by a number of law enforcement agencies throughout the world, including Victoria police. Investigative interviewing is the major …
Update to inform government clients in relation to what is happening in the courts and Tribunals.
We have had some recent success at the Tribunal closing down two illegal brothels that were operating under the guise of a massage clinic. One brothel had planning permission for a medical centre. The other brothel had a planning permit for consulting rooms. Both respondents relied on the planning permits and argued that they should be allowed to operate as a massage clinic (without providing sexual services) given that planning permission had already been granted. The Tribunal made a declaration that the current use of the land would not constitute the use of land for medical centre/consulting rooms, even if sexual services was to cease. The declaration resulted in the granting of an enforcement order that required all use of the land by those respondents to cease immediately. More information will be sent out shortly about how to use the Tribunal to deal with illegal brothels.
Please click here to view the prosecutions report for June /July.
Feed back from attendees to our recent prosecution and enforcement seminar series has been very encouraging. Please note that we will be providing a training workshop specifically for Environmental Health officers to clarify powers under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act. More information about this seminar …
Please click here to view the prosecutions report for May.
It is now six months since the introduction and commencement of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Act). We hope that our seminars and reference materials have assisted you in a smooth transition to the new Act. In terms of the changes implemented, the most significant changes we have noticed …
