Romani v State of New South Wales [2023] NSWSC 49  Download

Legal Services Commissioner v Raghoobar [2023] QSC 41  Download

Connell v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [2023] WASCA 48  Download

Kelly v Fiander [2023] WASC 187 Download Kelly v Osborne [2023] WASC 353 Download

Lawlor v Perez [2022] VSC 590: Keep a straight face. Download

Branch v Town of Victoria Park [2023] WASC 231: “The learned Magistrate erred by failing to recognise the effect of the outcome of the 1974 and 1988 referenda on the validity of local governments” Download

Mr Ian Cloutte v S & S Webster Investments Pty Ltd [2023] FWC 991: “The Applicant acted lawfully and reasonably by exercising free will right to decline to be coerced to participate “in a clinical trial =medical service as per … Continue reading Mr Ian Cloutte v S & S Webster Investments Pty Ltd [2023] FWC 991 →

Taylor, In the matter of an application for leave to issue or file [2023] HCATrans 63: “Ms Taylor’s proposed application for a constitutional or other writ names the Commonwealth Attorney-General as the defendant and seeks “an order of Mandamus on … Continue reading Taylor, In the matter of an application for leave to issue or file [2023] HCATrans 63 →

Cartwright v Queensland Police Service Weapons Licensing [2023] QCAT 168: Unsuccessful review of a suspension of firearms licence, where the applicant was deemed to hold “sovereign citizen beliefs” and therefore not a “fit and proper person”. Download

Bakhash v State of Queensland (Department of Education) [2022] QIRC 362: The appeal notice indicated non-compliance reasons similar to those which have been unsuccessfully raised by other appellants before the Commission. Download

Ms Julia Elana Miroch v Powercor Australia Ltd [2022] FWC 1880 (at 64): “The invoice made other claims, including for “workplace violence”. The payment was to be made in “Sterling Silver” of “99.9999% Troy weight” although it would appear that “cash” … Continue reading Ms Julia Elana Miroch v Powercor Australia Ltd [2022] FWC 1880 →

Stergiou V Citibank Savings Ltd [2005] ACTCA 15: “This is the latest chapter in a saga that has been unfolding for more than a decade as repeated attempts have been made to take possession of a house owned by the … Continue reading Stergiou V Citibank Savings Ltd [2005] ACTCA 15 →

Jonathon Lawes v Recochem Inc. [2020] FWC 3860 (at 5): “Mr Lawes had cause to ask whether I considered him to be a ‘living man’, which was answered in the affirmative. The relevance of the question purportedly arose from Mr … Continue reading Jonathon Lawes v Recochem Inc. [2020] FWC 3860 →

In Keshari & Ludhani [2019] FamCAFC 79, ground 5 contended: “Coram merely means before or in the presence of another individual Coram non judice, is said of those acts of a court which has no jurisdiction, either over the person, … Continue reading Keshari & Ludhani [2019] FamCAFC 79 →

Hainaut v Queensland Police Service [2019] QDC 223: Strawman duality capers flusters the magistrate. On appeal, the conviction, sentence and orders were set aside without remittal. Download

Harry Hobbs and George Williams; “Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty”: SMH: “Self-proclaimed rulers of small lands keep dreaming big”: Part of the Politics of International Law series. Harry Hobbs with commentator Imogen Saunders. “Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty”: … Continue reading Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty →

Karl Lentz currently operates a website “The Lore Society”: @theloresociety.com and posts on a YouTube channel “Karl Lentz”. Associate Chief Justice J.D. Rooke provides an excellent summary of Lentzian litigation history in Anderson v Ossowski, 2021 ABQB 382 (CanLII): [19]   … Continue reading Carl Rudolph Lentz →

Steve Young, Harry Hobbs and Joe McIntyre; “The growth of pseudolaw and sovereign citizens in Aotearoa New Zealand courts” [2023] NZLJ 6: Since its publication in the New Zealand Law Journal, this paper is now regularly referred to as an … Continue reading The growth of pseudolaw and sovereign citizens in Aotearoa New Zealand courts →

Caesar Kalinowski IV; “A Legal Response to the Sovereign Citizen Movement.” “This article seeks to provide civil servants, law enforcement, and the judiciary with a comprehensive reference guide to the Sovereign Citizen movement. To do this, the article attempts to … Continue reading A Legal Response to the Sovereign Citizen Movement →

Stephen Garrett Smith; “An Analysis of the Sovereign Citizen Movement: Demographics and Trial Behaviors”: “To date little to no empirical research has been conducted on the Sovereign Citizen Movement (SCM) and how it fits into the broader far-right domestic terrorist … Continue reading An Analysis of the Sovereign Citizen Movement: Demographics and Trial Behaviors →

Jan Rathje; “Driven by Conspiracies: The Justification of Violence among “Reichsbürger” and Other Conspiracy-Ideological Sovereignists in Contemporary Germany”: “Violence is an integral part of the sovereignist milieu involving the “Reichsbürger” and other groups. Shootouts between sovereignists and police officers in … Continue reading Driven by Conspiracies: The Justification of Violence among “Reichsbürger” and Other Conspiracy-Ideological Sovereignists in Contemporary Germany →

Verena Fiebig and Daniel Koehler; “Uncharted Territory: Towards an Evidence-Based Criminology of Sovereign Citizens Through a Systematic Literature Review”: “Sovereign citizens are part of an extreme anti-government movement. Since they fundamentally reject the authority of the state, they repeatedly come … Continue reading Uncharted Territory: Towards an Evidence-Based Criminology of Sovereign Citizens Through a Systematic Literature Review →

A common contention among pseudolaw adherents in Victoria is that their Constitution Act is invalid, not having received royal assent. This has been raised numerous times by Brian Shaw in his cases, (see for example Shaw v Gilsenan [2002] VSC … Continue reading The Constitution Act 1975 (Vic) is invalid →

Colin McRoberts; “Tinfoil Hats and Powdered Wigs: Thoughts on Pseudolaw”: “This article describes “pseudolaw,” the phenomenon of individuals who use elaborate, fictional rules in real-world courts and legal disputes. I explain why “pseudolaw” is a better label for this phenomenon … Continue reading Tinfoil Hats and Powdered Wigs: Thoughts on Pseudolaw →

Daniel Baldino; “The International Blueprint for Anti-Government Extremism and the Rise of the Sovereign Citizen Movements”: Download

Lydia Khalil; “Alternative Platforms and Alternative Recommendation Systems: A Case of the Australian Sovereign Citizen Movement on Telegram”: Download

News: “South Australia cop drags sovereign citizen from car”: https://videopress.com/v/vko47mOB?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Other recent “travelling” incidents: https://videopress.com/v/YqmzKQCr?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true https://videopress.com/v/S7tYCktZ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true https://videopress.com/v/1nvDybIJ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffreemandelusion.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F02%2Fvvvvvv_mp4_dvd.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true https://videopress.com/v/YNfqAYaB?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

Professor Patrick O’Brien; “Sovereign Citizens, not Subjects”: Download

Tinfoil Tales Podcast with SOS and Sandee; “Strawmen & Sheriffs & Travellers… Oh my!”: “What’s this craze going around the news about “Sovereign Citizens” you ask? Well! You’ve come to the right place because on today’s episode SOS and Sandee … Continue reading Strawmen, Sheriffs and Travellers… Oh my! →

Conspiracy ClearingHouse; Episode 57; Derek DeWitt; Pseudolaw – Cabbages & Kings”: https://videopress.com/v/k9teTufM?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

I Spied Podcast with former ASIO intelligence officer David Callan and journalist Michelle Stephenson, featuring “Jack the Insider” Peter Hoysted; “(Not-so) Law Abiding Citizen”: https://videopress.com/v/qL2aBQMK?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

ABC Radio Brisbane with Steve Austin; What is a sovereign citizen? (18 January 2023): “You may have seen the term ‘sovereign citizen’ popping up more often in news articles. What does it mean? And, why it leading people to believe they … Continue reading David Heilpern on Pseudolaw →

ABC News Daily; “COVID, conspiracies, and ‘confronting’ threats to MPs”: “Australian politicians are being threatened with violence in volumes never seen before, with the Australian Federal Police receiving more than 500 reports of threats to MP’s safety – a number … Continue reading COVID, conspiracies, and ‘confronting’ threats to MPs →

I have nearly completed the text of a 65-page document focusing solely on the pseudolaw concept of the strawman, the belief that a “legal person” is somehow distinct from a physical human being, created by the government through birth registration … Continue reading The Strawman Duality →

Paradis, Owen, McCullough; “Evaluations of Urban Sovereign Citizens’ Competency to Stand Trial”: “There are few studies of sovereign citizens undergoing competency-to-stand-trial evaluations and little has been written about African-American or urban sovereign citizens. In this study, we examined competency-to-stand-trial reports … Continue reading Evaluations of Urban Sovereign Citizens Competency to Stand Trial →

Introduction Donald J. Netolitzky (Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Alberta, 1995; LL.B., University of Alberta, 2005; LL.M., University of Alberta, 2020; K.C., Alberta, 2022) is the Complex Litigant Management Counsel for the Alberta Court of King’s Bench. Donald J. Netolitzky would … Continue reading Dr. Donald J. Netolitzki KC →

Donald J. Netolitzky Q.C; “New Hosts for an Old Disease: History of the Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument Phenomenon in Canada – Part III”; “US-sourced false law concepts, “pseudolaw,” were the schematic backbone for a number of Canadian anti-authority and criminal … Continue reading New Hosts for an Old Disease: History of the Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument Phenomenon in Canada – Part III →

Within a year of stumbling across pseudolaw concepts online, I was already aware of some serious inconsistencies in the arguments. There was very little published on this phenomenon when I started this project, and nothing at all online to offer … Continue reading Reminiscing the last decade →

George (a Pseudonym) v Director of Child Protection Litigation [2022] QChC 12: Reference to Glen Cash QC in R v Sweet [2021] QDC 216 and A Kind of Magic: The Origins and Culture of ‘Pseudolaw’ in relation to the common … Continue reading George (a Pseudonym) v Director of Child Protection Litigation [2022] QChC 12 →

Dr Donald J. Netolitzky KC; “Pseudolaw is a collection of legal-sounding but false rules that purport to be superior laws suppressed by conspiratorial actors. Pseudolaw replaces conventional law. Modern pseudolaw emerged around 2000 in right-wing and often racist US Sovereign … Continue reading ‘PSEUDOLAW’ nomenclature →