Rolles v Commissioner of Police

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

District Court of Queensland

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

20/06/2019

LITIGATION TYPE

Access to Justice

SUBJECT MATTER

Protest activities

REVIEW TYPE

N/A

SUMMARY

(Excerpt from catchwords) CRIMINAL LAW – GENERAL MATTERS – CRIMINAL LIABILITY AND CAPACITY – DEFENCE MATTERS – NECESSITY OR EMERGENCY – where the appellant is a recidivist protestor against climate change – where the appellant submits climate change poses an imminent and ongoing threat to civilisation – where the appellant submits he is excused from criminal responsibility pursuant to Criminal Code 1899 (Qld) s 25 “Extraordinary emergencies”

CASE DOCUMENTS

Rolles v Commissioner of Police [2020] QDC 331