How we can help you
North Shore Criminal Law provides legal advice and legal representation in all criminal law matters. We can help you get the best result wherever you are in the legal process, from arrest to appeal. We provide:
- Legal advice about your rights, the strength of the case against you and legal defences available to you
- Legal representation in Court on defended hearings, sentence hearings and appeals, bail hearings, committal proceedings and jury trials, licences and other applications
- Attendance at Police Stations and jails
- Representation in the Children’s Court and at Magistrate’s Mental Health enquiries
- Negotiation with NSW Police, Australian Federal Police, ATO, ASIC, Australian Customs and other prosecuting bodies to have some or all of the charges withdrawn
If you have been arrested
If you have been arrested and are being held at a Police Stations or if the Police have asked you to come in for an interview we can:
- Attend the Police Station with you to vigorously assert your rights and to give you advice about your options
- Advise you whether you should take part in an interview with Police (you usually have the right to decline to take part in an interview)
If you have been charged with a criminal offence
We can advise you about defences which you may have, negotiate with Police, and represent you in Court if you have been charged with offences which include:
- All Driving and Traffic offences, including Drink Driving, Drug Driving Drive Whilst Disqualified/Unlicensed/Suspended, Negligent Driving and License Appeals, habitual traffic offender declarations
- Common assaults, Actual Bodily Harm, Grievous Bodily Harm and Apprehended Violence Orders (AVOs)
- Affray
- Public order offences, such as resisting arrest and offensive conduct
- Damage to Property
- Larceny (eg shop lifting), break Enter and Steal and other property offences
- Drug offences – Possession, Supply and manufacture
- Weapons and Firearms offences
- Dealing with Proceeds of Crime
- Damage to Property
- Resist Arrest, Assault Police and Offensive Conduct/Language
- Sentence Hearings in the Local Court and District Courts
- Committal Hearings
- District Court Appeals
- Complex fraud prosecutions brought by the NSW Police, Australian Taxation Office (ATO), Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC); and State and Commonwealth DPP
- Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime
- Breaches of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and breach of Tree Preservations orders
- White Collar Crime Offences
- Work Cover prosecutions
- Prosecutions by the Australian Federal Police in respect to aviation security;
- Sexual Assault
- Children’s Court proceedings
- Sexual Offences
- Prosecutions by the RSPCA
- Applications under the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990
- Magistrate’s Mental Health Enquiries
- Firearms and prohibited weapons offences
- Dog Act offences
- Offences under the Crimes Act 1900
- Prosecutions by the RSPCA, and Local Court Councils.
- Private prosecutions
- Summary offences
- Contravene AVO, ADVO
- Break enter and steal
- Robbery
- Demand property with menace
- Larcency
- Use carriage service to menace
- Proceeds of crime
- Goods in custody
If you need to go to court
We can represent you if you need to appear in Court.
If you need to get bail
If you or a friend or relative of yours is in custody, we can prepare a bail application before the Local or Supreme Court and provide strategic advice about when and how the application should be made to maximise its prospects of success.
If you need to appeal
If you have been convicted of a criminal offence and you wish to appeal the conviction or the severity of the sentence you received we can assist you to prepare the appeal, and appear for you on the hearing of the appeal or instruct a specialist Criminal Law barrister on your behalf.
If you have been charged with an offence, or are seeking further information on a Criminal or Traffic legal matter, call North Shore Criminal Law on (02) 9955 2298 or our 24 Hour Emergency Service on 0400 44 64 24.
