Reopening Sue Neill-Fraser appeal – a step by step guide

Posted on August 16, 2021 by andrew

Hugh Selby.

How righting the wrong done to Sue Neill-Fraser can be done with speed, civility, and be a credit to the court and the legal profession.  Continue reading →

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Found, abandoned, contaminated, misrepresented – sad story of the red jacket

Posted on August 15, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

The last of the Etter/Selby investigative papers into the case of Sue Neill-Fraser reveal failure by police to meet basic exhibit standards, false evidence – and non-disclosure. They also raise questions about who knew about the broken chain of evidence custody and when.  Continue reading →

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Has Tasmania’s legal system gone rogue?

Posted on August 14, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

What the Attorney-General said is wrong; she does have the power to SEEK LEAVE to re-open the Sue Neill-Fraser appeal; and the DPP, Daryl Coates SC, must advise the Court of Criminal Appeal his answer to Estcourt J about the grey dinghy was wrong, as barrister Hugh Selby explains.  Continue reading →

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The riddle of the DPP

Posted on August 14, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

In an escalation of damning revelations (fifth batch), the spotlight shifts from the police investigation to then prosecutor, DPP Tim Ellis SC, and the ODPP, as lawyers continue to unpack the miscarriage of justice in the Sue Neill-Fraser murder conviction.  Continue reading →

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Grey dinghy, case closed

Posted on August 13, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

Garbled English aside, Tasmania’s DPP misled the appeal court – perhaps unwittingly, but significantly – as the latest Etter/Selby submission to the Attorney-General reveals, with an extract from the transcript of Sue Neill-Fraser’s appeal before Tasmania’s Court of Criminal Appeal in March 2021.  Continue reading →

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CORRUPTION FILE: A trial derailed by sloppiness inside the Prosecutor’s office, in the Sue Neill-Fraser murder case

Posted on August 12, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

Another explosive set of documents to Tasmania’s Attorney-General from Barbara Etter APM and Hugh Selby, reveals that not just the defence but even the DPP was denied correct evidence in the murder trial of Sue Neill-Fraser. Continue reading →

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Cardinal Pell: evidence does prove his innocence – leading jurist

Posted on August 10, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

In Pell, the Victorian Court of Appeal’s Judgement “falls apart under your eyes,” writes jurist John Finnis AC QC in the new book Current Issues in the Law of Evidence (Connor Court). The Appeal judges, it seems, acted as irrationally as did the jury at trial. Finnis explains how Cardinal George Pell’s innocence is proven.  Continue reading →

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OPINION – Reopen appeal or risk cover-up? Attorney-General’s wicked problem

Posted on August 9, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

If Tasmania’s Attorney-General fails to act on last week’s Etter/Selby submission revealing the withholding of evidence by police, misleading forensic evidence and serious investigation failures into the 2009 death of Bob Chappell, her decision will be considered in effect a political cover-up and a degradation of Tasmanian justice.   Continue reading →

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The death of Bob Chappell & the damnation of TasPol: call for the Tasmanian A-G to ask to re-open the appeal of Sue Neill-Fraser

Posted on August 7, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

Evidence withheld by police, misleading forensic evidence and serious investigation failures into the death of Bob Chappell (including the unchecked mobile phone records of key witness Meaghan Vass) revealed in a damning submission calling for the Attorney General to ask for the re-opening of the Sue Neill-Fraser appeal. Continue reading →

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Justice may depend on where you live

Posted on August 4, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

If you’ve been wrongfully convicted, just hope you’re living in a jurisdiction with well developed correcting functions in the legal system. Differing legal mechanisms in different places produce uneven outcomes. And while Australia has yet to even officially discuss a Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), Canada has asked two Australian legal academics for advice on how to set up theirs. And the advice includes a notable innovation.  Continue reading →

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