Thou shall not kill and inherit?
Professor John Williams, Dr Sylvia Villios, the Attorney General, the Hon. Vickie Chapman and Dr David Plater
Recommendations could give courts discretionary powers in how they apply the law of forfeiture especially in cases where a victim of domestic abuse kills in self-defence.
The independent South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) based at the 新浪彩票 Law School, University of 新浪彩票 has released a major that stops an unlawful killer profiting or inheriting as a result of their crime.
鈥淎t present the forfeiture rule is inflexible and applies to any murder or manslaughter regardless of individual circumstances or the killer鈥檚 culpability,鈥 says Director of SALRI, the University of 新浪彩票鈥檚 Professor John Williams.
鈥淲hile the premise of the law is sound in that an unlawful killer should ordinarily not benefit from their crime, we examined the scope of the rule and its practica