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Our client was a company charged with breaches of the Food Act 1984. A random council inspection at the children’s play centre it operated revealed numerous breaches including rat faeces in food preparation areas. They were facing fines in excess of $100,000.00 Our clients business had been struggling with lock-down measures caused by COVID-19. Financial […]

Our client was charged with defrauding investors out of $90,000 as part of a property development scheme. Police alleged that he had taken the investment money and kept it for his own benefit. The alleged offence had occurred about 10 years prior to our client being charged. Our client instructed that the development had simply […]

Our client had purchased an expensive vehicle from another party. That party was soon after charged with serious offences and an asset restraining order was granted against the vehicle. The vehicle was seized by police and our client was informed it would be confiscated. We collected detailed material from our client on when he had […]

Our client had been charged with two counts of rape. They related to separate complainants and were alleged to have occurred several years before he was charged. Our client denied ever having sex with either complainant. Through careful analysis of the brief of evidence we identified a number of inconsistencies in their statements and evidence […]

We represented three clients who were involved in a fight outside a bar on Chapel Street. The entire incident was captured on CCTV, our clients were charged with affray, assault and other offences. On careful study of the CCTV it was clear that our clients were mostly defending themselves and the fight had been started […]

Our client was charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of the drug 1,4 butanediol. Police searched her home and located several bottles of the drug in a safe. After analysis the drugs were found to weigh 2.1kg, a commercial quantity is 2kg. A finding of guilt for that charge would have to be heard in […]