Welcome to Networked Knowledge

Author of this page: Dr Robert N Moles - "He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it" - Plato

The aims of Networked Knowledge are: to publish legal materials and to investigate and provide information on alleged serious miscarriages of justice

Since we started in August 2005 NetK has delivered 1,653,000 documents to over 400,000 readers in some 200 countries.
Our annual rate of document deliveries is now over 500,000.

Where do I start?

If you are looking for materials on general legal topics - you will find them listed in the Library
If you are looking for particular cases of injustice, then you will find them listed under "Miscarriages of Justice" in the Library
If you are still uncertain, then use the search facility - button to the left hand side
If you still cannot find something which you think we should have - then drop a note to inquiries and we will consider adding it

Searching Networked Knowledge

All documents on the site are fully indexed so just enter a name or topic and you can immediately create your own list of NetK documents where the name or topic appears. Click on the red button "search NetK" to the left of the screen. 
Please bear in mind that it takes the search engine a few days to index new materials. So always good to check "what's new" for the most recent materials

Recent highlights

Go here for links to the videos of Channel 7 Today Tonight (Adelaide) Justice programs

5 November 2009 - The Age - Student beats the Tax Office important for all Australian students re tax breaks
16 October 2009 Medical Board of South Australia v Manock [2009] SAMPCT Interim decision of Tribunal in Keogh case
28 August 2009 - Keogh v James [2009] SASC 258 Keogh appeal against judgment of Debelle J
a very peculiar view as to the duties of an expert witness
28 August 2009 - Channel 7 Today Tonight (Adelaide) - Court of Appeal and Dr Ross James

4 February 2009 - Henry Keogh lodged his 4th Petition with the Governor of South Australia
The Petition alleges that Keogh's conviction was obtained by fraud, deceit and manifest error

Million dollar gift from retired judge - to fund the work of AIDWYC in Canada

24 January 2009 - Globe and Mail - Million-dollar gift from retired judge to fund the work of AIDWYC

Sleeping judge case

- appeal allowed - if judge is asleep at the trial, one does not have to prove it led to some adverse outcome - some errors of process are sufficient in themselves to establish that a miscarriage of justice has occurred
Cesan v The Queen; Mas Rivadavia v The Queen [2008] HCA 52 - judgment of the High Court

James v Keogh - application by James dismissed

17 October 2008 - James v Keogh [2008] SASC 273 Interlocutory Application by James dismissed - Keogh's appeal to proceed
Details of the appeal hearing will be provided here

West Australia: Crime and Corruption Commission Report - Andrew Mallard

Report released 7 October 2008 - go here for media reports - go here for the Report

Toronto: Goudge Inquiry Report

Report released 1 October 2008 - go here for media reports

Baby Deaths Report to Canadian Commission of Inquiry

South Australian Report [Dr Moles, Ms Bibi Sangha] to the Ontario Commission into Paediatric Pathology Inquiry by Justice Goudge
The full report has been published by the Commission

The Harold Levy Blogspot in Toronto

Harold Levy's blogspot is the place to go for discussion of the Goudge Report
Mr Levy is a well-respected senior journalist in Toronto. He had a significant role to play in bringing the Smith problems to the attention of the public

High Court decision - 3 Sept 2008 - Sleeping Judge case - convictions overturned

Of course we're not the sort of people to say "We told you so": But check this out Damien Carrick - ABC - The Law Report on the sleeping judge
We also gave a seminar to the families and lawyers involved in the case when they were having doubts about whether they should appeal:
See "events" - 16 April 2007 - Meeting with families and lawyers re: Judge Dodd, the "sleeping judge". At the Sheraton On the Park, Sydney, Board Room 5 from 10am to 1.30pm.
Special thanks to Linda Machan for making this possible. Its good to know that we can sometimes achieve good outcomes. The Judge Dodd Homepage

A state of Injustice - Full text of book now available online

Go here for table of contents

Most people presume that the legal system works pretty well at dispensing justice. Alarmingly, this is not always the case. This book, by Dr Robert N Moles, examines various cases where forensic investigations were later found to be flawed. On each of these occasions the diagnosis of the cause of death had a profound impact on whether or not a criminal investigation ensued. Each case provides compelling and disturbing reading.

Losing Their Grip - The Case of Henry Keogh - Full text of book now available online

Go here for table of contents

This book is an astonishing indictment of the legal system in South Australia.

Appeal by Henry Keogh against decision of Debelle J

Go here for details of progress on this case

13 June 2008 - Dr James Appeal - Here is the copy of the judgment
Justice Debelle has allowed the appeal by Dr James against the finding of the Medical Board which found him guilty of unprofessional conduct.
The matter will now be taken on a further appeal to the Full Court of the Supreme Court

Forthcoming book on Forensic Investigations

We are pleased to announce that Professor Kent Roach of the University of Toronto, Canada and Julie Goulding of the Criminal Cases Review Commission in the UK are joining with
Bibi Sangha of Flinders University of South Australia as joint authors of the book Forensic Investigations - The Rhetoric meets the Reality. Further details will be posted soon

Channel 7 Today Tonight Programs available online

List of transcripts on NetK of Channel Seven Today Tonight programs
External link to Channel Seven Today Tonight web site
Scroll down for video of segments on - Attorney-General dummy spit - Dr James Finding - Keogh insurance evidence

NetK success story

It can be seen from the figure at the top of the page that the use of our materials has been increasing significantly in the previous few months. A significant number of our visitors are from universities and other educational institutions.
We also have many visitors from government departments and law enforcement agencies.
Just over 50% of our visitors are from Australia with the rest coming from international destinations with Canada, UK, USA, Hong Kong and Thailand being amongst the most frequent users. India and China are the most noticeable growth areas. Developing countries are much in evidence.
The rate of accesses is increasing steadily as more and more people are adding the NetK site to their list of bookmarks.
Our current policy is to continue to expand the range of information available, as well as to develop the internal links to facilitate your access to the information.

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