Lisa Cooper

Is ex-LIB David Speirs eligible to contest the 2026 SA election? According to Anne Twomey, it's an issue about "is" versus "has been" in the Electoral Act and Constitution Act and thinks past amending laws have confused the issue. youtube.com/watch?v=2Goba-…

@DominicVillaSC The latter would be more complicated in the counts where the defendant was not the shooter. To me, joint enterprise should overcome that easier on s 27. But I don’t know NSW attempt murder laws very well, so there could be other factors like sentencing considerations.

@DominicVillaSC No intel, but I guess it should be easier to prove the result of wounding or GBH under s 27, rather than the having to prove the defendant shot at each alleged victim under s 29.

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has provided an update on the prosecution of Naveed Akram. cdpp.gov.au/news/prosecuti…

New paper from colleagues and myself "Can and should police tell victim-survivors ‘I believe you’ during sexual offence investigations?" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Court of Appeal: Lynn v The King aucc.sirsidynix.net.au/Judgments/VSCA… #Judgment #viclaw #auslaw #CriminalLaw

@jeremy_gans Yep. It even made the local newspaper. indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2…

Case management today in the constitutional challenge to the under 16s social media accounts ban: hcourt.gov.au/sites/default/… (South Australia intervening?!)

Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says #auslaw theguardian.com/law/2025/nov/2…

Program here: njca.com.au/wp-content/upl…

Australian Legal Convention 2025. On today. View the livestream here: sidestage.com.au/auslegal2025 [listed times are AEDT]

Case page now up in Potter: seems like the sole issue is when a rape complainant can lawfully/admissibly covertly record a rape accused (at least in South Australia): hcourt.gov.au/cases-and-judg…

Think using AI to generate embarrassing pictures of your ex is no big deal? Think again. From today, new laws criminalise the creation and distribution of humiliating, degrading or invasive depictions that have been artificially generated (commonly known as deepfakes).

“there is no incongruity between emphasizing the severe harms and wrongfulness associated with sexual offences against children and finding that minimum sentences are unconstitutional”: decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-cs…

The President of the South Australian Employment Tribunal has referred a lawyer to the Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner for citing fake cases in written submissions. saet.sa.gov.au/2025/10/16/ref…

"It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Professor William L. Twining (aged 91) peacefully at home on 9 October 2025.": ucl.ac.uk/laws/professor… (A sign of Twining's remarkableness is that this glowing appreciation omits what I think is his star achievement.)

NSW Supreme Court rules Police "move-on" power in relation to unauthorised public assemblies occurring in or near a place of worship invalid as it contravenes the implied freedom of communication, going beyond what is necessary to achieve its purpose. caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/199e5…

“It is almost as if there was an institutional inability to contemplate an appalling vista: that the Court had made an atrocious decision in 2021 that delayed the exoneration of an innocent man by 5 years”: barristerblogger.com/2025/10/08/pet…

The South Australian Parliament has passed a law to ban claim farming. When it commences, the law will criminalise contacting an individual who may have a personal injury claim for the purposes of encouraging them to lodge a claim. Call 1300 366 424 for free legal information.