LEGALWISE PRESENTATION ON AML
Our Principal, Dan Rogers, is an expert in money laundering. Today he drew upon this expertise and presented at the Legalwise seminar, White Collar Crime: The Civil and Criminal Risks. From the outset Dan noted that anti-money laundering obligations apply to a wide variety of professions, not only lawyers.
Traditionally, most professions have not really been too concerned with money…
AML Compliance
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance & Advice
Money laundering means arrangements by people and organisations to convert proceeds of crime or other crime-related finances into legally accessible wealth.
Through the implementation of commonwealth legislation, the government has a number of powers which may be used to investigate money laundering and proceeds of crime offending.
The AML…
Attorney General inquiry into money-laundering by The Star Entertainment Group. by Dan Rogers & Emma Higgins
This week the Queensland Attorney-General confirmed that the government will launch an inquiry into The Star Entertainment Group’s ability to continue its operations in Brisbane and the Gold Coast after revelations of money laundering and fraud at its Sydney casino.
The terms of reference of the inquiry will be released after consideration and it remains unclear at this stage whether…
The rise of the addendum- Tactical considerations in applying to Cross examine witnesses in committal proceedings
In 2010 the Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendment Act amended the Justices Act by removing cross examination as a matter of right in committal proceedings in Queensland.
Driven by the Moynihan Report , which called for a ‘more focused, streamlined effective committal process’, Queensland adopted the New South Wales system which requires a multiple step process to…
What does the Mental Health Act 2016 mean for Queenslanders?
The Palaszczuk Government passed the Mental Health Act 2016 through parliament on 18 February 2016 but it is still yet to commence.
The Act generally deals with two broad issues. First, maintaining and improving the health and wellbeing of persons who do not have capacity to consent to treatment. Second, the ‘forensic’ purposes of the Act where persons are charged with committing an unlawful…