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Campbelltown Local Court – February 2016Our client was a retained firefighter charged with a string of offences arising from an allegation that he broke into a fire station, took the truck for a joyride, and crashed it into the station upon returning it. His matter was referred to us on a grant from Legal Aid. Originally to be dealt with at trial in the District Court, we persuaded the DPP to relinquish the matter to NSW Police to prosecute in the Local Court, where the maximum penalties are 2 years’ jail only....
Liverpool and Parramatta Local Courts – March 2016Our client was charged with dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, after his ex-partner jumped from his moving car following an argument they had, suffering brain damage. His matter was referred to us on a grant from Legal Aid. Our client was found guilty on the basis that his continuing to drive after his ex opened the door to the car, took her seatbelt and said she would jump out, fell below the minimum standards of care expected of a driver to the...
Mt Druitt Local Court – February 2016Our client was charged with taking his ex-partner’s car without her consent. His matter was referred to us on a grant from Legal Aid. He had previously served sentences of imprisonment for traffic offences. Despite instructing us to plead not guilty, our client was in Melbourne at the time of the hearing, and he had applied to vacate the hearing date on two previous occasions. The magistrate refused to grant an adjournment, and convicted our client in his absence. Despite...
Parramatta Local Court – February 2016Our client was a young man charged with break, enter & steal and related offences concerning a home invasion committed in company with use of a firearm. His matter was referred to us on a grant from Legal Aid. We prepared a defended committal hearing, at which we were confident on having the main charge downgraded to an enter with intent offence, and two others dismissed for lack of evidence. The prosecution offered our client a deal which would keep the matter in the Local...
Downing Centre Local Court – January 2016Our client was a young man charged with attempted self-administration and possession of cocaine and assaulting police. Upon being questioned about being found with cocaine and about to inhale a line of the drug, he pushed past police and ran away, only to be identified days later. We negotiated with police to drop the self-administration charge, as it was essentially a ‘double-up’ with the possess charge, which was successful. At sentence, we explained our client’s...
Hornsby Local Court – February 2016Our client instructed us to defend an AVO brought by his wife from whom he had separated. We subjected her to a forceful cross-examination, which soon had her story falling apart. Under threat of pursuing our legal costs if successful, we persuaded the police prosecutor to withdraw the AVO after we had completed cross-examination of the complainant.
Campbelltown Local Court – December 2015Our client was a young man charged with rape following a complaint from an acquaintance. Confident of our chances at trial, and keen to keep our client’s costs down, we pushed the prosecution along and indicated that we were ready to have our client committed for trial in the District Court. Upon review by a Crown Prosecutor, the weaknesses in the prosecution’s case were made clear, and the prosecution withdrew the matter in the Local Court.
Sydney Supreme Court – March 2016Our client was charged with a number of serious sexual assault and intentional wounding and grievous bodily harm offences arising out of an allegedly abusive domestic relationship. With the trial matter pending in the Lismore District Court, we persuaded a Supreme Court judge to grant our client conditional bail, after we pointed to weaknesses in the prosecution and rebutted the prosecution’s hollow argument that our client posed a flight risk.
Manly Local Court – February 2016Our client was a 17-year-old who had only had his licence for a matter of months when he was charged with drive in a manner dangerous, speed over 30km/h and negligent driving as a back-up. We negotiated with the prosecution to slim down the charges, and the prosecution dropped the speed over 30km/h charge, which meant that our client avoided a mandatory 3-month licence disqualification on top of any other penalty the court imposed. We persuaded the magistrate to deal with our...
Windsor Local Court – January 2016Our client was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm after he drunkenly struck a stranger at a holiday retreat, causing the other man to fall over and strike his head on a concrete boat ramp, requiring stitches in the back of his head. Despite the serious nature of the facts, we persuaded the magistrate to deal with the matter by way of good behaviour bond and fine only, given the fact that our client was significantly provoked and was hard-working family man with...
Downing Centre Local Court – April 2016Our client was a young tradesman from Newcastle charged with Possess Prohibited Drug after being caught with a capsule of MDMA in the Sydney CBD. He made full admissions to police, and at sentence, we were able to persuade the...
Downing Centre Local Court – April 2016Our client was a young British citizen on a working holiday who was caught with a bag of MDMA powder attending a DJ event in North Sydney. Despite the fact that he ran away from police and had to be detained with force (he was...
