feeds from criminallawyers.com.au http://criminallawyers.com.au/rss/ en-au http://criminallawyers.com.au/rss/ http://criminallawyers.com.au/static/campfire/layouts/images/omg-logo-small.png http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/north-shore-criminal-law-2/article/what-is-an-avo/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST An Apprehended Violence Order (often referred to as an 'AVO') is an order made by a Court to prevent physical violence, stalking, harassment and intimidation of someone who is considered to be in need of protection. The majority of AVO applications are made by the Police after they are called to attend a domestic dispute. Police must apply for an AVO if they believe a domestic violence offence has been committed or is likely to be committed. A private individual can also ...

AVO Definition

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/north-shore-criminal-law-2/article/traffic-matters-can-be-successfully-defended/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST Traffic matters (even Drink Driving matters) can be successfully defended. In drink driving / drug driving matters blood alcohol or substance level analysis and time of intoxication can have a major impact on the outcome of your case. We recommend you seek legal advice before you make any statement to the police (before or after you have been charged). North Shore Criminal Law has experience in a large range of other traffic matters including: Driving Under the Influence: offence ...

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http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/crimlaw-australia-pty-ltd/article/bail-applications/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST Bail is an agreement by you to attend Court at a given time. In practice, getting bail means that you are released from custody (i.e. from gaol or the police station) on certain conditions, including the condition that you will appear in court on the next court date. If you have been charged by police, a decision on whether you will be granted bail should be made as soon as reasonably practical. If the officer refuses bail, he/she must arrange for you to be brought before court. At tha ...

Bail - Definition and what to do next

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2010/3/18/china-to-hold-hus-trial-in-secret/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST news STERN HU and his three Rio Tinto colleagues have been listed for a secretive trial in a Shanghai court on Monday.Australian officials have been told they will be barred from parts of the proceedings, prompting a retort from the federal government.The trial will coincide with a visit to Beijing by the chief executive of Rio Tinto, Tom Albanese, during which he will attend the China Development Forum and is expected to announce a joint venture agreement with Chinalco to develop a huge iron ore min ...

STERN HU and his three Rio Tinto colleagues have been listed for a secretive trial in a Shanghai court on Monday.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2010/3/14/afl-in-new-blue-over-bingle-as-clarke-to-depart/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST news LARA Bingle's lawyers have blasted the AFL's handling of her nude photo complaint against Brendan Fevola, urging it reveal all the material it has gathered and demanding an independent judicial investigation.As Bingle and Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke dodged reporters after announcing their separation on Friday, the strongly worded legal statement threw the spotlight back on Bingle's complaint over Fevola's alleged distribution of a photograph of her showering and the AFL's camp ...

LARA Bingle's lawyers have blasted the AFL's handling of her nude photo complaint against Brendan Fevola, urging it reveal all the material it has gathered and demanding an independent judicial investigation.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2010/2/20/my-trial-is-unfair-says-rebel-leaders-lover/ Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST news LAWYERS representing Angelita Pires, the lover of the slain East Timorese rebel leader Alfredo Reinado, say she has been "publicly and viciously vilified" by people in positions of power.The lawyers have also described the refusal of the East Timorese President, Jose Ramos-Horta, to testify in person at her trial in Dili District Court as a "serious denial of fairness and justice".In a final submission to judges, the lawyers yesterday said the court's decision to allow Dr Ram ...

LAWYERS representing Angelita Pires, the lover of the slain East Timorese rebel leader Alfredo Reinado, say she has been "publicly and viciously vilified" by people in positions of power.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2010/2/5/players-association-asks-afl-to-step-in-over-lovett-dispute/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST news THE AFL Players Association has urged the AFL to intervene in Andrew Lovett's dispute with St Kilda.The Age understands that in a meeting between AFLPA chief executive Matt Finnis and the AFL's Adrian Anderson yesterday, Finnis told the league's operations boss that a circuit-breaker was needed in the delicate matter that is in the hands of lawyers. Lovett, who is the subject of a police investigation into a sexual assault allegation, wants to resume training with his teammates, but has been sto ...

THE AFL Players Association has urged the AFL to intervene in Andrew Lovett's dispute with St Kilda.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2009/6/30/welcome-to-criminallawyerscomau/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST news Welcome to CriminalLawyers.com.au, a leading Australian directory for criminal defence lawyers. If you require the services of a criminal lawyer then please browse our listings to find a qualified lawyer or solicitor in your area. These lawyers specialise in areas such as traffic offences, bail applications, apprehended violence orders, drink driving case and more. You are sure to find a lawyer to meet your needs at CriminalLawyers.com.au.

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http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2009/6/23/murder-suspects-flee-to-thailand/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST news Victorian police have confirmed that three suspects in the stabbing Good Samaritan murder of Luke Mitchell have left Australia and flown to Thailand. Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland stated that they are now moving forward to formally identify the suspects in the case and move to take all necessary steps to return them to Australia. Extradition laws are notoriously difficult with extradition requests only viable through the Attorney-General or the Minister for Home Af ...

Extradition now seems a course of action after Mitchell murder suspects leave Australia.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2008/12/9/hogans-lawyers-trying-to-derail-taxes-probe/ Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST news PAUL HOGAN'S legal team has been accused of trying to derail a criminal investigation into the Crocodile Dundee star's tax affairs by seeking to have the investigators removed from his case.Hogan and his former comic sidekick John "Strop" Cornell, along with their tax adviser Tony Stewart, are part of a "very, very serious investigation which may have very serious consequences" for them, said Francois Kunc, SC, representing Hogan and Stewart.For the past four years the Australian Cr ...

PAUL HOGAN'S legal team has been accused of trying to derail a criminal investigation into the Crocodile Dundee star's tax affairs by seeking to have the investigators removed from his case.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2008/11/25/criminal-defence-lawyers-stand-up-for-human-rights/ Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST news CRIMINAL defence lawyers were confronting a public thirst for vengeance and retribution while they stood up for human rights, a Supreme Court judge has said.In a lecture delivered after the justice system had received repeated criticism over delays and the treatment of crime victims, Justice Lex Lasry said defence lawyers were unsung heroes who fought for rights commonly taken for granted.Speaking last night at the University of Melbourne, he also defended the performance of the jud ...

CRIMINAL defence lawyers were confronting a public thirst for vengeance and retribution while they stood up for human rights, a Supreme Court judge has said.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2008/11/21/courts-face-chaos-over-legal-bans/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST news VICTORIAN courts could face chaos as solicitors threaten to ban basic legal aid work for criminal cases in protest over low pay.The proposed bans - expected to be debated tonight at an annual meeting of criminal lawyers - are likely to lead to court delays and cost increases.The proposal follows a report published last month in which Victorian barristers described legal aid fees as "enforced poverty for lawyers", and said they would prefer to work for free than be insulted by the lo ...

VICTORIAN courts could face chaos as solicitors threaten to ban basic legal aid work for criminal cases in protest over low pay.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2008/11/14/low-legal-fees-cloud-criminal-system/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST news AN INCREASE in barristers shunning criminal cases because of the low fees paid for legal aid work could lead to a breakdown in the criminal justice system.A review of Victorian Legal Aid fees paid to barristers says that in the past three years the number of barristers undertaking more then 90% criminal work has dropped from 348 in 2005 to 258 in 2008.The greatest decline has been in the number of junior barristers, with the biggest drop - 59% - in the lowest income group of those e ...

AN INCREASE in barristers shunning criminal cases because of the low fees paid for legal aid work could lead to a breakdown in the criminal justice system.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2008/10/28/gag-longwinded-lawyers-dpp/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST news JUDGES should gag lawyers who go on for too long and courts should sit at night to help reduce "extraordinary" legal backlogs, the director of public prosecutions, Jeremy Rapke, QC, said yesterday.He also suggested that some complex criminal trials might be better tried by judge alone.Earlier in an interview with The Age, Mr Rapke also said he was concerned about the leniency of sentences imposed in serious crimes such as rape, attempted murder and major drug offences. He said that ...

JUDGES should gag lawyers who go on for too long and courts should sit at night to help reduce "extraordinary" legal backlogs, the director of public prosecutions, Jeremy Rapke, QC, said yesterday.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2008/10/5/lawyers-raise-alarm-at-surge-in-jailed-mentally-ill/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST news INCREASING numbers of mentally ill people are ending up in prison as the state's mental health system buckles under unprecedented demand, lawyers say.The latest figures on the wellbeing of the state's prison population show that in 2006-07, about 5443 inmates required assessment and care at the Victorian Institute for Forensic Mental Health.And the Federation of Community Legal Centres (VIC) Inc says the figure for 2007-08 is likely to be far higher, as more people with mental illne ...

INCREASING numbers of mentally ill people are ending up in prison as the state's mental health system buckles under unprecedented demand, lawyers say.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2008/6/13/hes-86-but-accused-war-criminal-may-still-face-trial/ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST news IS IT ever too late to prosecute an accused war criminal? Not in the opinion of Efraim Zuroff, the world's leading Nazi-hunter, who has welcomed news that an 86-year-old Perth man may become the first Australian to be extradited to stand trial for war crimes.Charles Zentai, a snowy-haired great-grandfather who lives quietly in southern Perth suburbia, is number seven on the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's list of the most-wanted suspected Nazi war criminals. Zuroff, the director of the centre' ...

IS IT ever too late to prosecute an accused war criminal? Not in the opinion of Efraim Zuroff, the world's leading Nazi-hunter, who has welcomed news that an 86-year-old Perth man may become the first Australian to be extradited to stand trial for war crimes.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2008/3/31/mokbel-lawyers-hopeful-on-appeal/ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST news UNDERWORLD identity Tony Mokbel will step up his fight against extradition to Australia by formally appealing to the European Court of Human Rights this week to look into his case.Mokbel has reportedly hired one of Europe's highest-paid criminal lawyers to represent him before the Strasbourg-based tribunal and has beefed up his legal team in Greece in a last-ditch effort to avoid being sent home. "We will formally finalise our appeal before the European Court in the coming days when ...

UNDERWORLD identity Tony Mokbel will step up his fight against extradition to Australia by formally appealing to the European Court of Human Rights this week to look into his case.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2008/2/17/pokies-scourge-creates-new-criminal-class/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST news POKER machines are creating a new criminal class - pushing law-abiding Victorians into a life of crime to feed gambling addictions that are tearing families apart while the State Government reaps a $1 billion-a-year tax jackpot.People with no prior criminal records are being jailed for years after succumbing to pokie addictions and resorting to fraud, theft and embezzlement, often after gambling away their life savings.In one case, a woman was murdered by a colleague for a shop's ta ...

POKER machines are creating a new criminal class - pushing law-abiding Victorians into a life of crime to feed gambling addictions that are tearing families apart while the State Government reaps a $1 billion-a-year tax jackpot.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2008/1/9/lawyers-back-call-for-overhaul-of-jury-pay-exemptions/ Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST news PAY for jurors should be at least doubled and "archaic" rights for people in certain professions or circumstances to get out of jury service should be lifted in an attempt to get the best possible people on juries, lawyers' groups said yesterday.The Law Society and Bar Association have called on the State Government to implement proposals on jury selection that the Law Reform Commission has presented to the Attorney-General, John Hatzistergos, saying changes were long overdue. The societ ...

PAY for jurors should be at least doubled and "archaic" rights for people in certain professions or circumstances to get out of jury service should be lifted in an attempt to get the best possible people on juries, lawyers' groups said yesterday.

http://www.criminallawyers.com.au/legal-news/2007/12/24/victims-suffering-spills-into-lawyers-lives/ Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST news SOLICITORS in criminal law can be psychologically damaged by their work. Dealing with victims of violent crime with repeated exposure to traumatic material makes them more stressed and depressed than their academic or commercial colleagues. The first exploratory study on "vicarious trauma" in the legal profession shows solicitors are often exposed to detailed courtroom testimony, witness conferencing and graphic evidence. Six years ago, dealing mainly with child sex assault cases as ...

SOLICITORS in criminal law can be psychologically damaged by their work. Dealing with victims of violent crime with repeated exposure to traumatic material makes them more stressed and depressed than their academic or commercial colleagues.