Just Cases
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- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2024
Is S+M sex illegal?
If you engage in consensual sadomasochistic sex could you actually be found guilty of assault? The case of R v Brown is one of the most hotly debated decisions in legal history.
WARNING: This episode…
Assault on the sports field
Can you be charged with assault for punching an opponent on the sports field? A violent on-field incident in the Australian Football League (AFL) has led to calls for police to bring criminal charges…
Welcome to Season 2 of Just Cases
Can athletes be charged with assault…
BONUS EPISODE: How can safe injecting rooms be legal?
They don't teach you this at law school
June 1996. Late at night, two young men cross paths on a Sydney street. When the sun rises the following morning, one of them will be found dead.
The events of that evening are murky, but the resulti…
How you can be detained for life without trial
The story of Ahmed Al-Kateb has far-reaching consequences for individual liberty. Mr Al-Kateb wanted to go home to Palestine, but the High Court decided he could be held indefinitely in Australia des…
Help! I crashed my Uber
In the gig economy our cars, spare rooms and spare time have become handy money-earners. But sometimes things don't go as planned. If you're an Uber driver or Deliveroo cyclist and you injure someone…
BONUS EPISODE: Chief Justice, is the same-sex marriage postal vote doomed?
A dagger at the heart of society
In the middle of WW1, the Australian government launches a stinging attack on an international 'extremist' network of German sympathisers.
When a policeman is murdered in a small country town, the st…