If you are charged with a serious criminal offence or you find out that you are the subject of a police investigation then you need competent legal representation from an experienced criminal lawyer. Call us and tell us about your case, what are your charges, where is the offence alleged to have taken place, are […]
Blog
#Me Too Movement – Beliefs vs Facts
The #MeToo Movement is a movement against the sexual abuse of women and of course some men. Tarana Burke, featured in WA Today https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/federal/metoo-founder-says-australia-s-defamation-laws-silence-victims-20191022-p532zg.html started the #MeToo Movement. The #MeToo Movement has given strength to people to speak out about sexual abuse they have suffered. It goes without saying however, that the reporting, investigation and […]
Cannabis Smoking & Growing to be Legal in ACT
The Drugs Dependence (Personal Cannabis Use) Amendment Bill 2018 to be passed into law in January 2020 will make it lawful in the ACT only to grow 1-4 cannabis plants and possess cannabis material up to 50 grams as long as the person is 18 years and over is not in the presence of a […]
Choosing a Criminal Lawyer
If you are charged or being investigated for a serious criminal offence you need a Criminal Lawyer in Perth with experienced trial lawyers (the Barristers) who routinely practice criminal law in the various courts. The law firm should also have lawyers (the Solicitors) who are well versed in the criminal justice system and are able […]
Professional Associations and Misconduct Inquiries
Professional Misconduct We are receiving a number of calls from registered professionals complaining about how they are being poorly treated by their registration authorities. For example we have received calls from teachers, police, nurses, radiologists, pharmacists, dentists and chiropractors complaining that they have received letters from their relevant registration authority advising them that they are […]
Police Arrest – What Happens
Police Arrest I receive quite a few calls during the week and over the weekend from police calling on behalf of people who have been arrested and are about to be questioned by the police. What happens is that the police will visit a person’s home or work, put a complaint to them and then […]
Historical Sex Abuse Cases
Historical Sexual Abuse Radio 6PR Interview On the 7th July 2019, I was asked by the producer for Karl O’Callaghan the former Commissioner of Police to appear on his Sunday morning talk show to speak about Historical Sexual Abuse cases and the potential for miscarriages of justice. Here is what I had to say. Main […]
Pell’s Unsuccessful Appeal Against Guilty Verdict
In the case of Cardinal George Pell, the Victorian Court of Appeal (VCA) comprising chief justice, Anne Ferguson president of the court of appeal, justice Chris Maxwell, and justice Mark Weinberg were unanimous in upholding Cardinal Pell’s conviction on counts 2 & 3 with justice Mark Weinberg dissenting on count 1 namely: “that the jury […]
Search Warrants, House Searches and Arrest
Search Warrants, House Searches and Arrest I often get asked: what happens if the police arrive unannounced at my home and want to search my house and arrest me – what can I expect and what are my legal rights? Source of Police Powers to Search A police officer cannot simply come to your house […]
Revenge Porn – Legal Information For Western Australia
Revenge Porn – Criminal Offence – Distributing Intimate Images As of February 2019, it became illegal in Western Australia to distribute an image of a person engaged in a private act or an intimate image of that person without the consent of the person appearing in the image. The person giving the consent must be 16 […]
