The Daily Examiner 12 October 2012:
AN ASSOCIATE Professor of Law says the NSW Government's decision not to pursue charges against former Clarence MP Steve
Cansdell sets a dangerous precedent.
Associate Professor Sam Garkawe from the Southern Cross University School of Law said the outcome of the Cansdell case eroded the credibility of a statutory declaration as a legal document.
"I think it does set a very bad precedent and I would suspect the State and the Commonwealth will get their heads together to make sure this kind of thing doesn't happen again," he said.
"It seems as though he has got off on a technicality where he has wrongly signed a Commonwealth stat dec when he should have signed a NSW stat dec."
Assoc Prof Garkawe said without seeing all the evidence it was difficult to comment on specifics, but he believed Mr Cansdell had still committed an offence under Commonwealth law……
2 comments:
Didn't Cansdell help out on the election campaign of his successor, Chris Gulaptis?
OK now we've done Cansdell to death and we all agree he should be charged and it's a Barry O'F disgrace that he isn't, now how about an article on Craig Thomson or will we be using the Gillard excuse - it's before the courts so I can't comment?
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