Will I Have to Pay Compensation for a Criminal Offence?
If you are guilty of a crime, the criminal court can order you to pay for the damage caused eg the cost of any damaged property, medical costs etc. That sum will normally be payable to the court Registry (office)...
New Laws on Using Mobile Phones When Driving
New laws came into effect on 1st November 2012 prohibiting drivers from touching, holding or having a phone on any part of the body (including the lap) unless: their vehicle is legally parked, or they are passing the phone to...
How to Beat a Drink Driving Charge
Our video and blog post below talks about the main defences to drink driving. Most people charged with drink driving just plead guilty. However, there are a number of ways to defend drink driving charges. Here are four of the...
How to Avoid a Criminal Conviction for Drug Possession or Supply
Our video and Blog post below talks about How to Avoid a Criminal Conviction for Drug Possession or Supply. I am often asked how Sydney Criminal Lawyers® helps clients avoid criminal convictions for relatively serious drug offences such as supplying a dozen...
Reducing Reoffending – Part of a Criminal Lawyer’s Duty
Some people might think that a criminal lawyer’s job is simply to ‘get clients off’ without addressing the issue of reoffending, or ‘recidivism’. That is not true. Part of a criminal lawyer’s job – particularly when dealing with clients who...
Getting Criminal Charges Dropped
Criminal Lawyers are often criticised for adjourning cases from court-date to court-date until they reach ‘defended hearings’ or ‘jury trials’, while doing very little in between to get charges ‘dropped’. This is not only bad practice; it can be a...
‘Good Behaviour Licences’ for Drink Driving… On the Horizon?
Clients charged with ‘drink driving’ frequently ask: ‘If I plead guilty, can I still get a licence to drive for work purposes only?’. Unfortunately the answer is ‘No’. The law currently requires that any person guilty of ‘drink driving’ must...
Best Criminal Lawyers?
This video and article sets out 3 reasons to choose Sydney Criminal Lawyers® over other criminal law firms. 1. Senior Lawyer Guarantee Unlike many other criminal law firms, at Sydney Criminal Lawyers® you are guaranteed to be represented by a...
Criminal Lawyers and Civil Libertarians Criticise Heavy-Handed Police
Approximately 300 police in full riot gear set upon Islamic protesters with capsicum spray and police dogs shortly after the commencement of an initially-peaceful demonstration in Sydney on Saturday 15th September. The demonstration was part of a wave of worldwide...
Criminal Lawyers Against Proposed Dilution of ‘Right to Silence’
The video and blog post below discusses NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell’s proposal to ‘water-down’ an accused person’s Right to Silence. The ‘right to silence’ has been entrenched in British-based legal systems for hundreds of years. It has been considered one...
