Can Sending Excessive Text Messages Amount to a Criminal Offence?
Criminal defence lawyers are often called upon to represent clients in cases where there is animosity between two parties but no accusation of violence, deprivation of liberty or appropriation of property - but where the conduct which forms the basis...
Property Recovery Orders in NSW: Getting Your Property Back in Domestic Violence Situations
In cases where Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (ADVOs) are taken out in New South Wales, the courts and the police have powers to make arrangements for the parties to get their belongings back from one another through what is known...
What Are the Conditions of Apprehended Violence Orders in New South Wales?
Apprehended violence orders in New South Wales come in two broad categories - apprehended domestic violence orders (ADVOs) which are intended to protect a person from someone with which they have or had a domestic relationship (such as a current...
A Guide to Apprehended Violence Orders in the Children’s Court
The procedures for cases brought before the Children’s Court can be quite different from those which apply to adults in the Local Court. This is no different when it comes to cases where an application for an apprehended violence order...
Can I Visit My Children If I Have an AVO?
Feeling that you’ve been unjustly separated from your children can be an incredibly painful experience. And while the mandatory conditions of an Apprehended Violence Order (or ‘AVO’) will not prevent you from visiting or even living with your kids, additional...
Police May Use Serious Crime Prevention Orders to Combat Domestic Violence
As domestic violence offences continue to decimate families and communities across New South Wales, police are desperately seeking to find solutions which could assist with prevention, particularly in cases where there is an identified repeat offender. During a recent four-day,...
Has the Depp v Heard Trial Damaged the #MeToo Movement?
The high-profile defamation trial between Johnny Depp and his former wife Amber Heard saw the dirty laundry of each party aired to the world - the former’s alleged drug and alcohol abuse, disturbing text messages and destruction of property, and...
New Payment Approved for Victims Fleeing Domestic Violence
A new support payment has been announced for victims fleeing abusive relationships. The one-off payment of $5,000 is a new and very welcome initiative, as authorities around the country grapple with the rapid increase in the number of domestic violence...
Watchdog Describes Conduct of NSW Police Towards Lawyer as ‘Disgraceful’
Officers from Strike Force Raptor have once again been slammed in a report by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC), this time for targeting, stalking and harassing a lawyer to prevent him from attending court to represent a motorcycle club...
The Offence of Contravening an Apprehended Violence Order in NSW
The former deputy mayor of Auburn, Salim Majer, has found himself in hot water again, this time accused of contravening an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) taken out for the protection of his former-partner. Police applied for the AVO last year,...
