public protest

• Police independence at risk from political pressure to restrict right to protest

  3rd Oct 2024

  The intense political and media pressure being applied to police in New South Wales and Victoria to restrict or stop Palestinian protest and vigil activity this weekend is not acceptable in a democracy, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance.

• Cullen v State of New South Wales: A landmark case on duty of care at protest rallies

  29th Jun 2023

  Jeremy King and Sophia Baldi of Robinson Gill Lawyers explore the implications and outcomes of an incident that transpired during an ‘Invasion Day Rally’ in January 2017, during which police breached a duty of care to bystanders while making an arrest, resulting in significant harm to the plaintiff.