Some Australian men are rising up to fight the laws that have
painted them as defacto guilty of abusing their female partner as soon
as an allegation is made. Instead of whining about it they have taken
action. Lets hope it spreads around the western world and we can get
those raising false allegations, whether it is a female partner, wife,
ex, lawyer, Domestic Violence Shelter, welfare worker (I've got a good
candidate working for the City of Sault Marie, welfare department,) or social worker.
The civil rights
of accused men are violated far too frequently in western democracies
part of which is propaganda put out by Feminists and their testicularly
challenged sycophants.
Thanks to Ken Thompson in OZ for the heads up. Ken's son Andrew was kidnapped by his wife to Europe and is still missing.MJM
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VOWLES
March 14, 2010 08:50am
A TASMANIAN group has filed a
$200 million class action against Premier David Bartlett and the
Director of Public Prosecutions.
It is believed to
be the first Australian class action against a law.
JAIL
(Juries Against Illegal Laws) filed papers with the Federal Court of
Australia on February 4 claiming that the Family Violence Act 2004
(Tasmania) was invalid.
The group is claiming $200 million in
damages under Section 46 of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act.
JAIL
is also seeking an additional $200,000 in damages for unlawful
assault, trespass, negligence, conspiracy to cause economic loss,
intimidation and defamation.
The writ further seeks an
order that the Tasmanian Government and DPP Tim Ellis cease to engage
in arresting people without proper evidence or procedures, giving
police judicial powers, denying people the right to a fair and proper
hearing and usurping the proper role of the courts.
JAIL
president Ray Escobar said that if the class action was successful the
money would be given to all the Tasmanians who had suffered under the
Family Violence Act.
JAIL, formed in early 2008, now
has more than 200 members around Tasmania who have been, or are related
to, victims of false applications for violence orders.
Mr
Escobar said JAIL was being represented by one of the finest legal
minds in Australia, Sir John Walsh of Brannagh, who lives on Norfolk
Island.
Sir John said he agreed to
represent JAIL because the case raised important and fundamental
questions of human rights, such as the presumption of innocence, right
to a fair trial and the separation of powers.
"The legislation,
and the way it is enforced, is contrary to human rights and to
international law as accepted by Australia," Sir John said.
"The
legislation conflicts with the Constitution of Australia and with the
fundamental rights of all Australians."
Sir John said he was
confident a federal judge would apply the law of the Commonwealth and
the fundamental principles of Australia's legal system.
JAIL's
application has been set down for hearing in the Tasmanian registry of
the Federal Court of Australia at 10am on Monday, April 12.
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/03/14/133845_scalesofjustice.html