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Joseph Gorman, Partner, Gorman & Hannan

Overview

People under 18 years of age have rights and responsibilities. Leaving home, employment, drinking, smoking, weapons, voting, making a will, tattoos and body piercings, passports and corporal punishment are regulated activities.

This section includes the following topics:

• Young people’s rights: an overview
• Rights and duties at school
• Sexual relations and sexual abuse
• Medical treatment
• Young people’s legal liability
• Young people giving evidence in court
• Family law
• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Contacts

A PDF of this chapter from The Law Handbook 2020 can be purchased for only $5.50. To purchase, visit the Fitzroy Legal Service online store.