Ramsland Laidler Solicitors

13/11/2025

We have almost reached our fundraising goal! Please donate if you can and make a real difference to women and girls doing it tough this Christmas.

I'm supporting Share the Dignity's annual Christmas appeal . Each year over 134,000 bags are donated to women and girls doing it tough. The bags are made with so much love and care, filled with the basic essentials, period products, and so many more special gifts for people in need durin...

04/10/2025

Let’s all get on board

Do you know someone who menstruates? Can you imagine not having access to pads or tampons?
Help end period poverty in Australia by donating to Ramsland Laidler Solicitors fundraising page: https://www.sharethedignity.org.au/fundraisers/tadijanailicic/itsinthebag25
Your donation will help women and girls in need this Christmas by providing the essentials.

03/10/2025

Do you know someone who menstruates? Can you imagine not having access to pads or tampons?
Help end period poverty in Australia by donating to Ramsland Laidler Solicitors fundraising page: https://www.sharethedignity.org.au/fundraisers/tadijanailicic/itsinthebag25
Your donation will help women and girls in need this Christmas by providing the essentials.

13/03/2025

Mark Ramsland is featured in this podcast about a double murder case in 2014. Ramsland Laidler Solicitors represented Mr Davis in his Supreme Court trial. The podcast highlights issues regarding jury trials vs judge alone and the inherent prejudices juries might have in cases involving vulnerable people.

Mr Davis maintains his innocence to this day and is exploring a High Court Appeal.

When residents start falling ill at a nursing home in Newcastle, the workers don't think much of it. After all, people die in aged care all the time. But then, one eagle-eyed doctor finds something that makes him suspect a killer is on the loose.

07/03/2024

Managing Solicitor Mark Ramsland has written an article about doli incapax and expert opinion evidence. He provides some practical implications for defence representatives in light of R v IP [2023] NSWCCA 314

The Court of Criminal Appeal has restricted the admissibility of certain expert evidence as to doli incapax in criminal cases involving children under 14.

23/06/2023

Challenge Completed. 3144 Push-ups in 23 Days.

Thanks to those who have donated. You guys are legends.
https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/jameswallace/the-push-up-challenge

But keeping Mental Health awareness in people’s feeds is a goal in itself.

Most importantly please make sure that the conversation about Mental Health remains active.

I am available to provide a listening ear, a shoulder to cry on, a hug or a firm handshake to anyone in need. It is Okay to not be okay.
Thanks guys

27/05/2023

The Court of Criminal Appeal is the State's highest court for criminal matters. A person who has been convicted or who pleaded guilty and been sentenced by a Supreme Court or District Court judge, may appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal.

Sayle Newson has appealed his conviction for murder and seeks a directed acquittal or in lieu a new trial. The Court will consider his appeal sometime later this year.

04/05/2023

What happens if you plead guilty to a criminal offence? Read the blog below to find out.

If you have been charged with a criminal offence and enter a plea of guilty at an early stage of court proceedings, you will receive a discount at sentence for the utilitarian value of the plea - i.e., saving the court’s time and the complainant/victim from a lengthy court process. The amount of d...

19/04/2023

Derrick Hand former state coroner has passed away from cancer. Mark Ramsland remembers him not for his coronial work but as the magistrate he first appeared before in a hearing he had as a very young lawyer at Port Macquarie Local Court. He remembers principally his kindness as he introduced him to the police prosecutor who was against him during the morning tea break. Without breaching any ethical standards he encouraged Mark and took the time to listen. There should be more kindness in the profession. Vale Derrick Hand.

03/04/2023

In the below case we successfully argued costs after a verdict of not guilty on all 19 counts on the indictment. The evidence given by the complainants (all biological children of our client) was found to be vague, inconsistent, substantially lacking in credit and contaminated by their mother. It followed that costs were awarded in a matter where proceedings should never have been commenced against our client.

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Costs — Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 (NSW) – Legal Aid Commission Applicant – Legal Aid Commission eligible for costs certificate — R v Rodden (Costs) [2022] NSWSC 1230 not followed

21/03/2023

What's the difference between T1 and T2 offences?

If you have been charged with a criminal offence and see T1 or T2 next to the charges on your Court Attendance Notice (CAN) read the article below to find out what it means.

Table 1 and Table 2 offences are listed in Schedule 1 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) and are categorised to provide guidance on how they can be handled in Court. Table 1 offences are ‘indictable offences that are to be dealt with summarily unless prosecutor or person charged elects other...