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Glossip v Gross: Lethal Injection lives another day … and so does the death penalty!

July 1, 2015

The Supreme Court of the United States finished its 2015 term by handing down three decisions on Monday. The most controversial of those decisions related to a challenge to the method of capital punishment used in Oklahoma. Oklahoma’s lethal injection regime involves a three-drug cocktail used, in order, to render the prisoner unconscious, paralyze the prisoner … More Glossip v Gross: Lethal Injection lives another day … and so does the death penalty!

Will Obergefell v Hodges effect your jurisdiction? The Australian position

June 27, 2015

I have read with interest a number of tweets and comments on Facebook that now that US Supreme Court has found same-sex marriages to be constitutionally valid that the High Court of Australia should follow this precedent and do the same here. Unfortunately, it is just not possible for the High Court to do this … More Will Obergefell v Hodges effect your jurisdiction? The Australian position

The Law for everyone, all of the time!

June 27, 2015

Welcome to the Armchair Jurist. The legal world can be a mystifying world of obtuse language, latin maxims and ramblings of the aged. This world is not assisted by the way in which our news services deal with the work of the courts and judges. All we, as regular punters, get is the 30 second … More The Law for everyone, all of the time!