Update 83 — new ″Blackmail” chapter added — “Jury” and “Fraud — Part 4AA Crimes Act 1900” chapters substantially revised and updated.

Update 62 — “Hearsay” chapter substantially revised and updated — important updates to “Costs”, “Security for costs” and “Parties to proceedings and representation” chapters.

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Update 65 — Chapters “Conspiracy”, “Breaches of non-custodial community-based orders” and “Mandatory life sentences under s 61” have been substantially revised and updated.

Update 47 — recent cases have been included at “Recent sexual assault law” — new DC Practice note added to “Criminal Practice Notes”.

Update 23 — important cases have been updated to include new cases regarding “Care and protection matters” and “Criminal matters” — “Practice and procedure” has been updated, including the addition of a Practice note and revision to “Guide — criminal jurisdiction”.

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Update 82 — important updates to “Inferences” and “Tendency, coincidence and background evidence” chapters — new “Demand property with intent to steal” chapter.

Update 64 — “Sexual offences against children” chapter updated with new paragraph [17-540] Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 — “Fines”, “Standard non-parole period offences” and “Appeals” chapters also updated.

Update 159 — new child protection offender registration orders and serious domestic abuse prevention orders commentary incorporated — “AVO proceedings involving children”, “Involuntary drug and alcohol treatment” and “Right of appearance” chapters substantially revised and updated.

Update 61 — important updates to “Closed court, suppression and non-publication orders”, “Intentional torts” and “Relevance” chapters.

Update 46 — revision of “Sexual assault communications privilege” chapter, updates to “Recent sexual assault law” and addition of two new articles.

Update 63 — new chapter added, “Commonwealth terrorism offences” — updates to “Setting terms of imprisonment” and “Guilty pleas, disclosure and assistance” chapters.

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A new selected article, "Vulnerability and the right to effective participation in the criminal justice process: the role of the witness intermediary", originally published in the Judicial Officers' Bulletin, has been published.