General Law News

One Punch Can Kill Campaign

Bill Potts talks on the Queensland Government’s “One Punch Can Kill Campaign” – Channel 9 Gold Coast News – 30 April 2010.

Woman Sues Over Courtesy Bus Fall

A woman is suing for $140,000 in personal injury damages after one of her high heels got caught on the edge of the step of a Gold Coast football club’s courtesy bus.

Fiona Purchase, 53, filed the claim against the Southport Australian Rules Football Club Pty Ltd in the Supreme Court in Brisbane last week.

Black Uhlans Kept Out Of Jail For Stalking

Tattoo Shop In Bikie Zone

Gold Coast Bulletin | 21 April, 2010 | by Leah Fineran

A bikie gang on the Gold Coast has been ordered to leave a tattoo shop owner in peace or watch their sergeant-at-arms go to jail.

Should Drug Drivers Face Tougher Penalties Than Drink Drivers?

Bill Potts argues No! Drug drivers shouldn’t face tougher penalties than drink drivers (DUI).
The Sunday Mail | April 11, 2010 | Page 57.

Before there is a knee-jerk reaction, we need to improve the technology and the testing of drug drivers so the courts can see the levels of effect of drugs on people stopped by the police.

Bill Potts Talks Police Pursuits On Today Tonight

Bill Potts is interviewed by Today Tonight’s Damien Hansen as to whether police should be banned from pursuing offenders in high speed pursuits.

Hussain Killer Unlikely To Face Justice

February 18, 2010 3:11pm | COURTNEY TRENWITH | Brisbane Times

Without “startling” fresh evidence it is unlikely the person who killed Gold Coast woman Shaheda Hussain will ever be punished, lawyers are concluding.

A day after Mrs Hussain’s daughter Kaihana Tahseen Hussain was acquitted of her murder in the Supreme Court, legal avenues to prosecute her killer appear to be closing up.

Lawyer Shark Enters The Brisbane Pool

2 February 2010 | by The New Lawyer |

Ships may be sinking and clients drowning, but a prominent lawyer has entered the pool hoping to make a splash in the Brisbane market.

Second Chance For Olympic Swimmer

Gold Coast Bulletin article | 28 January 2010 | by Renee Redmond

Gold Coast-based Olympic swimming hopeful Daniel Smith still has a chance at gold, despite crashing his car into a house while drink-driving.

The 18-year-old appeared in Southport Magistrates Court yesterday.

Potts Lawyers Brisbane Office Opens!

King of the Coast courts capital cases

(Courier Mail, 8 January 2010)

Flamboyant Gold Coast lawyer Bill Potts opened a Brisbane criminal law office this week with plans to expand the base of his already large criminal practice.

Curfew: Replica Firearm In Gold Coast Nightclub

The mother of a man charged over allegedly threatening a Surfers Paradise nightclub patron with a fake handgun told a court she would ‘tie up’ her son so he did not break his curfew.

Jim Stokes, 23, of Surfers Paradise, was granted bail in Southport Magistrates Court yesterday on strict conditions, including that he live with his mother, abide by a 9pm curfew and stay out of the Surfers Paradise nightclub precinct.