News15 August 2024 | Forbes Chambers members recognised in 2024 Doyle's Guide Leading White Collar Criminal Law & Regulatory Investigations Barristers – Australia A number of barristers from Forbes Chambers have been recognised in the Doyle's Guide Leading White Collar Criminal Law & Regulatory Investigations Barristers – Australia, 2024 announcements. 15 August 2024 | Forbes Chambers members recognised in 2024 Doyle's Guide Leading White Collar Criminal Law & Regulatory Investigations Barristers – Australia
15 August 2024 | High Court judgment - Cook (A Pseudonym) v The King.
The High Court of Australia delivered it’s judgment yesterday in Cook (A Pseudonym) v The King. Tim Game SC led a team including Julia Roy, and Rose Khalilizadeh instructed by Aaron Roberts of Streeton Lawyers. The appeal was allowed. In a 4 – 1 majority (Gordon A-CJ, Edelman, Steward and Gleeson JJ; Jagot J dissenting), the High Court upheld a challenge to the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal’s ruling about how section 293(4)(b) concerning a relationship between the complainant and the accused operates as an exception to the prohibition on evidence disclosing the complainant’s sexual experience or prior sexual activity. The majority found that, in order for the provision to operate, wide meaning should be given to the term, “relationship”. It can be an abusive relationship, encompassing uncharged acts. It could be a relationship involving trust and confidence. But it needs to be more than a casual acquaintance to be the type of association which qualifies for the section’s operation. Judgment here - https://lnkd.in/gG4K5iVY 15 August 2024 | Forbes Chambers would like to congratulate our incoming reader Alex Burkitt who has been awarded a Joanna Knight Scholarship in 2024.
We are looking forward to welcoming Alex as a barrister at Forbes Chambers in September this year. https://lnkd.in/gnR9QfRi
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