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Suppression orders

The document helping lawyers keep their clients’ names secret

A how-to guide for barristers representing high-profile clients outlines tactics for obtaining suppression orders and seeking favourable treatment from police.

  • Erin Pearson

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If justice needs to be seen to be done, it’s playing hide and seek in Victoria

The proliferation of suppression orders is not only a problem for the media. Here’s why The Age will fight the tide – and why you should be concerned.

  • Patrick Elligett
*Police use pepper spray as protesters attempt to stop conference members entering during a protest against The International Mining and Resources Conference in Melbourne, Wednesday, October 30, 2019.

Court rules police use of capsicum spray on protester was ‘cruel, inhuman’

Police illegally assaulted and broke the human rights of a protester doused with capsicum spray outside a mining conference in 2019, a judge has found.

  • Rachael Dexter
Tom Silvagni (left) outside the County Court in Melbourne in November.

‘Tom Silvagni, you raped me’: Victim says she will carry trauma for the rest of her life

The son of AFL great Stephen Silvagni faced court on Friday after being convicted of two charges of rape last week, following a trial.

  • Erin Pearson
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‘Miscarriage of justice’: Why Greg Lynn was granted a new trial

Three Court of Appeal judges have detailed the reasons why the former airline pilot has had his murder conviction quashed.

  • Erin Pearson
Greg Lynn smiles as he leaves court on Thursday.

The prosecution must start again: Greg Lynn retrial explained

Three Court of Appeal judges found elements of the trial had caused Lynn to suffer a serious miscarriage of justice. Here’s what happens next.

  • Erin Pearson
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Tom Silvagni outside Melbourne’s County Court in November.

Son of AFL great revealed to have been convicted of rape, after gag order lifted

Tom Silvagni, the son of Stephen Silvagni and his TV presenter wife, Jo, can now be named as the man convicted of raping a woman twice in the family’s home.

  • Erin Pearson
Greg Lynn

Prosecution ‘mischief’ enough to overturn High Country murder verdict

The alleged killer of missing camper Carol Clay didn’t want to die in jail. Three Court of Appeal judges have now ruled on his appeal.

  • Erin Pearson
A fatal stabbing on Sunday shocked the trendy shopping strip in Melbourne’s north.

Teenager charged with murder over fatal Ascot Vale stabbing

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a man was allegedly stabbed to death in Melbourne’s inner north-west on Sunday.

  • Alexander Darling and Isabel McMillan
Two boys were stabbed to death in Melbourne’s west.

Accused Cobblebank murderer motivated by revenge, court told

Details of the killing of two children are revealed for the first time as police say left hands are being severed in youth gang violence.

  • Erin Pearson

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