Sydney Criminal Lawyers® – the criminal lawyers others follow
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® commenced practice in 2001. Since that time, we have introduced a range of innovations to make our firm more transparent, accessible and accountable than other criminal law firms. Perhaps the most significant (and controversial) of those was...
Section 308H of the Crimes Act: Computer Hacking and High-Tech Offences
Computer crime is a broad area of law that covers a number of different high-tech criminal activities, including computer fraud, unauthorised access to information, and hacking. Computer crime does not just cover offences carried out using a computer: tablets and...
What is the Inclosed Lands Protection Act?
Have you been charged with an offence under the Inclosed Lands Protection Act? The Act is designed to prevent trespassing, and you can be charged under this act if you have been found to be unlawfully on ‘inclosed land’ or...
How the Innocence Project is Helping Those Wrongly Convicted of a Crime
A couple of decades ago, if someone was wrongly convicted of a crime there was little that could be done once the appeals process had been exhausted. Now, with more sophisticated forms of technology such as DNA testing to help...
What Happens During Arraignment? NSW Court Process in the Spotlight
Have you been charged with a serious criminal offence? Although most criminal cases can be finalised in the Local court, more serious cases which are called ‘indictable offences’ can proceed to the District or Supreme Court. There are 4 general...
What is a Good Behaviour Bond? NSW Penalty Explained
Our video and blog post below explains a good behaviour bond in NSW. On 24 September 2018, conditional release orders replaced good behaviour bonds under section 10(1)(b) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999. Any good behaviour bonds in force...
How do I get a Section 10 Dismissal or Conditional Release Order?
Our video and blog post below discusses how to get a section 10 dismissal or conditional release order. If you are guilty of a criminal offence you face a number of potential penalties, including having a lifelong criminal record, and in...
What is the Summary Offences Act NSW?
If you have been involved with the legal system in NSW in any capacity, you will probably have heard the term ‘summary offences’ used. Maybe you have been charged with an offence that has been described as a ‘summary offence’...
Do you need a proceeds of crime defence?
Are you facing charges of dealing in the proceeds of crime? Dealing in the proceeds of crime, also known as money laundering, is a serious criminal offence with severe penalties, including imprisonment. If the amount involved is more than $1,000,000,...
No More Right to Silence – Police Questioning
The NSW parliament recently passed two pieces of legislation designed to: (1) water down a person’s right to silence when being questioned by police, and (2) require the defence to disclose its case in the lead-up to a criminal trial....
