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William Vahl
William Vahl is the principal of North Shore Criminal Law. He is an Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law. He has been practicing in Criminal Law for more than 25 years. He is the only Accredited Criminal Law Specialist in practice on the North Shore. He has acted in a wide variety of criminal cases in the Local, District and Supreme Court.
Cases in which William Vahl has appeared 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 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.
