Maurice Blair charged with assault

[Lucky Roy]

I fought a parking ticket based on the fact that the signs had been vandalised and removed. Photos did not matter. The fact that the signs weren't there didn't mean a thing. Matter upheld. Costs awarded against me. Would they have done the same thing to Jamie Packer?

 

[Cliffhanger]

Shooting at Jarryd Hayne?

I laughed.

 

[ANTiLAG]

Yes - it's the media's fault he got charged with assault ](*,)

BTW does anyone know what lawful assault is?

Self defence
Citizens arrest
Police arrest
Necessity
Defence of a dwelling

Would all be lawful assaults if the ammount of force used was not excessive and reasonable in the circumstances...

Consensual contact sports is a grey area... can consent to boxing and tackling but can you consent to assault outside the rules - McCracken/Kearney is fascinating. Will someone one day charge a rugby player for assault on the pitch?

Can you still discipline your kids in all Aus states?
Do you still have corporal punishment - strapping kids at school etc?

 

[the_flight_of_the_magpie]

haha wow the queensland police are the keystone cops

 

[El Diablo]

you should have rung hookers there

 

[Slammin]

Self defence
Citizens arrest
Police arrest
Necessity
Defence of a dwelling

Would all be lawful assaults if the ammount of force used was not excessive and reasonable in the circumstances...

Consensual contact sports is a grey area... can consent to boxing and tackling but can you consent to assault outside the rules - McCracken/Kearney is fascinating. Will someone one day charge a rugby player for assault on the pitch?

Can you still discipline your kids in all Aus states?
Do you still have corporal punishment - strapping kids at school etc?

Easiest way to explain lawful assaults is if it is:

Authorised
Justified or
Excused by law

Then it is legal.

 

[ANTiLAG]

Easiest way to explain lawful assaults is if it is:

Authorised
Justified or
Excused by law

Then it is legal.

I thought practical examples were better to explain than theory, but in hindsight a hybrid of both our answers was probably best.

But, "Excused by law" makes an act legal? You sure about that my learned friend? Sorry to get academic here, and you may have a point at a practical level, but my understanding of say assault committed under compulsion, does not make their assault lawful or legal, but merely that the defendant should be excused from being punished as their will was overbourne. They escape liability as not being blameworthy, but that is not the same as saying their act is lawful or indeed legal. That is my understanding of House of Lords judgments. Has Australian State legislation or HCA declared otherwise, that excused acts are lawful or legal?

Authorised or Justified clearly make an act legal. But excuses just escape criminal liability as I understand it.

Can you answer my other questions about corporal punishment and physically disciplining your kids?

 

[Noa]

Craig Bellamy........"we might be dumb, but we aint that dumb"

Get it right

 

[ANTiLAG]

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[Penrose Warrior]

I fought a parking ticket based on the ticket listing the incorrect vehicle make, model and even date on the ticket.

Got rejected as well.

They'll just charge him again with a correctly dated summons I would assume

They'd better, our judicial system is completely f*cked if you get off a possible assault on a female because a number was wrong.