New judgments
Fri Jul 03 2020Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v CED16 [2020] HCA 24 - immigration, refugees, protection visa
Nguyen v The Queen [2020] HCA 23 - evidence, criminal law, "mixed statements"
Richardson v People, 2020 CO 46 - juror qualification, disqualification of a judge, "Aware that his wife was one of the prospective jurors, the trial judge told the prosecutor and defense counsel, before the prospective jurors entered the courtroom, to "[b]e nice to Juror 25. My dinner is on the line."", "...Juror 25 to state “I’ve spent more time with him this week than usual." The trial judge responded "You forced her to spend more time with me which is worse." Before continuing with his closing argument, defense counsel commented, "That is unique in jurisprudence in Colorado.""
Graham Nassau Gordon Senior-Milne v The Advocate for Scotland [2020] CSIH 39 - "we observe that Magna Carta has no force of law in Scotland, it is an English document"