LAW – NEW SOUTH WALES – CASES

Serial litigant’s bid against judge fails

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Original article by Michaela Whitbourn
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 9 : 13-Oct-14

New South Wales (NSW) Attorney-General Brad Hazzard is seeking to have serial litigant Tosson Mahmoud banned from launching any further cases without the express consent of the courts, drawing on the Vexatious Proceedings Act. The matter will be heard on 9 March 2015, and in October 2014 Mahmoud has applied to have Supreme Court of NSW judge Monika Schmidt excuse herself. He argues she will be biased against him due to his well-known views on women in positions of authority. Schmidt has rebuffed the move

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One-punch accused is denied bail again

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Original article by Paul Bibby
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 4 : 16-Sep-14

The New South Wales Supreme Court denied bail for a second time to a man charged under new "one-punch" laws. The man is charged with assault occasioning death, following the death of a man on 7 May 2014. New laws, introduced in January, impose a minimum jail term of eight years for the offence. On 15 September, the court found that the proposed home detention would not stop the man from absconding

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