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Birchgrove Legal wishes to correct the public record regarding our client to the following effect: 1. Mr. Agazi was never held on any charges in a Turkish jail. He was detained in a detention centre. 2. Although he was in their custody for one year, Turkish authorities never sought to charge him with any allegation […]

Laws aimed at keeping three accused members of the Rebels bikie gang from associating will today be challenged in the High Court, as the men argue the laws are unconstitutional because they undermine the integrity of the courts. The three men, Damien Charles Vella, Johnny Lee Vella and Michael Fetui, have taken aim at the […]

An Uber driver has received a 10-month Intensive Corrections Order (ICO) after one of his passengers fell in front of a bus and died. Nazrul Islam was last year found guilty of negligent driving occasioning death after accelerating away from traffic lights in Sydney’s CBD while his passenger was halfway out the rear door. Samuel […]

A Sri Lankan university student who was wrongfully detained in Goulburn’s Supermax prison over terrorism-related charges has called out Australian authorities for “immature” and “unprofessional” conduct which violated “basic and fundamental human rights”. Mohamed Kamer Nilar Nizamdeen, 25, was arrested in his University of NSW office in August, after a notebook allegedly containing terrorist ideology […]

Birchgrove Legal acted for Mohamed Nizamdeen in a case where charges were dropped. The media article below notes our role in the case. Police drop terrorism charges against University of New South Wales student Police say they won’t apologise after dropping terror charges against Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen, a university student who was accused of an […]

Australia’s grand mufti has won a defamation case against The Daily Telegraph newspaper over claims that the scholar failed to condemn the 2015 Paris attacks that left more than 100 people dead. The Sydney-based tabloid, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp, published the articles about Dr. Ibrahim Abu Mohamed in November last year, depicting him in […]

Our client was one of 8 charged with a conspiracy to commit acts done in preparation for or planning of a terrorist act. After successful arguments regarding the lack of evidence supporting the allegations in the Appleby Prosecution, our client’s charges were withdrawn. The media article below notes our role in the case. Terrorism charges […]

A Sydney man charged with conspiring to attack a police station or military base has been cleared of a terrorism offence. This morning, the Central Local Court heard prosecutors had insufficient evidence to proceed with the charge against Maywand Osman, 22. Police alleged Osman was part of a group of extremists, who had scribbled down […]

Questioning of the 20-year-old dual citizen by Australia’s law enforcement agencies raises concerns about the use of coercive powers on the young and vulnerable A 20-year-old Australian who alleged he was tortured by a foreign intelligence agency was forced to undergo a coercive interrogation before the Australian Crime Commission and questioned more than five times […]

When the 20-year-old man who can be named only by the pseudonym ZZ appeared before the Australian Crime Commission he couldn’t even tell his mother where he was going. He was frightened, tired, suffering from what was later diagnosed as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from allegedly being tortured by a foreign intelligence agency, and […]