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PLEADING GUILTY? SPEAK TO A CRIMINAL LAWYER FIRST
When faced with a criminal charge, the first common question is “should I plead guilty or not guilty?”. Here's why you should speak to a criminal lawyer first...
What is a Criminal Lawyers’ Role?
What happens when a criminal lawyer comes across a client who confesses guilt but maintains a plea of ‘not guilty’? “I did It, but I want you to defend me”.
Payne Haas Sentenced for Intimidating Police In NSW Tweed Heads Local Court
22-year-old Brisbane Broncos star Payne Haas who intimidated two police officers in a drunken foul-mouthed tirade has been sentenced in court…
Statute of Limitations in Australia
The statute of limitations in NSW, Australia, apply to certain charges called ‘summary offences’ which have a time limit for when police can charge a person.
Victorian medicinal cannabis users could soon be able to drive with cannabis in their system
While Medicinal Marijuana is legal here, it remains a crime for Victorian drivers to have it in their system, even if prescribed by a doctor. New laws propose to change this...
Should Australia Legalise Cannabis?: An Interview with Michael Balderstone, Leader of the HEMP Party
While ACT have legalised cannabis possession, use & cultivation, New Zealand will vote in a referendum on whether it's recreational use should become legal.
Section 32 Mental Health Applications now Replaced by Section 14 to Get Criminal Charges Dismissed in Court
The new laws on section 32 mental health diversionary pathways for defendants facing criminal charge(s) in NSW Courts. Click here for more…
Law on the Age of Criminal Responsibility in NSW: An Interview with Greens MP David Shoebridge
Decision to raise the age of criminal responsibility has been deferred until at least 2021. What's the current age of criminal responsibility for a child? Click here to find out...
Inquest Into the Death of Indigenous Man in Custody Highlights the Need for Change: An Exclusive Interview with Barrister Stephen Lawrence from The Wigs
The last minute appeal that authorised the ‘Black Lives Matter Protest’ in NSW: an exclusive interview with The Wigs’ barrister Stephen Lawrence.
Two Men Snorted Cocaine in Front of Police Have Pleaded Guilty and Sentenced with a Non-Conviction
26-year-old Mitchell Price was spotted by police outside a pub, with what looked like a “straw like-shaped object” up his nose has been sentenced with no conviction recorded.