The king of the cross is hit with a firearm prohibition order
THE KING OF THE CROSS IS HIT WITH A FIREARM PROHIBITION ORDER By National Criminal Lawyers In 2013, legislation came into effect to provide police with more powers to search for firearms, ammunition, or firearm components in homes, cars, and even on an individual person without a warrant, should that person be subject to…
Don’t waste Police time
Don’t waste police time. Public Mischief and the boys who cried wolf By National Criminal Lawyers Most of us like a good prank but when does a prank become criminal conduct? Well one 27-year-old man may soon find out after he ordered an Uber to a unit complex on Oxley Road, Sherwood in Brisbane’s south…
Go-slow zones now to be introduced when there is an emergency scene
Go-slow zones now to be introduced when there is an emergency scene How often do you drive through a school zone and brake to ensure you don’t break the 40kmph speed limit? Well now the brakes will be on again as from September 2018, a new Road law will apply in NSW which will…
Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (ADVO)
Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (ADVO) By National criminal Lawyers Domestic violence, or DV, is a serious offence that can affects a defendant in serious and unique ways. If you have been charged with a DV offence, you would have probably also been issued with an Apprehended Domestic Violence order (ADVO). If you have not…
The Effects of Having a Criminal Record in Australia
The Effects of Having a Criminal Record in Australia By National Criminal Lawyers The consequences of being charged with a criminal offence can be severe and we at NCL know that everybody makes mistakes. Being charged with a criminal offence can often lead to a criminal conviction. What is ordinarily a “spare of the…
Bail in NSW
Have you been charged with a serious offence and the police have decided that they will refuse bail and as a result incarcerate you? Bail is a convoluted and complex area of law governed by the Bail Act 2013 (NSW). There are several different tests that relate to bail, including: The Court determining if the matter…
Appeal against conviction from the Local Court
Appeal against conviction from the Local Court By National Criminal Lawyers The decision of a Magistrate who convicts you in the Local Court may be the subject of an appeal to the District Court. An appeal may be commenced both in relation to the final judgment of the Magistrate and any order made by the…
Doing the right thing may get you in to trouble
Often people have a duty to help others. In some instances, people assist others who are in need on their own free will. In this case, a woman given the name “Good Samaritan” called an ambulance after she saw a homeless man hit by a car and was shocked when she was hounded by debt…
Appeals from the local court based on Severity
Appeals from the local court based on Severity By National Criminal Lawyers Have you been recently charged and convicted in the Local Court for a criminal or traffic related matter and thought it was too harsh or excessive? National Criminal Lawyers specialises in appeals to the District Court from the Local Court. These appeals…
Road users should be aware of new traffic laws
Road users should be aware of new traffic laws By National Criminal Lawyers The Road Transport Amendment (Driver Licence Disqualification) Act 2017 Act introduced changes to the Road Transport Act 2013. These changes commenced at the end of October 2017. The changes go against the historical trend of increasing penalties and disqualification periods and…
Will Corporal punishment make a visit back to Australia?
Will Corporal punishment make a visit back to Australia? By National Criminal Lawyers Whipping (or flogging) was a common form of punishment in early colonial Australia and was used against both women and men. In the early court system, some magistrates awarded quite brutal sentences. Fast forward to May 2018 and in NSW the head…
What are your rights when arrested?
What are your rights when arrested By National Criminal Lawyers It may come as a surprise to learn that police powers of arrest are surprisingly wide and can vary widely depending on the alleged crime. National Criminal Lawyer (NCL) often gets asked what a person must or must not do when police alleged they…
Vicious assault and murder
NATIONAL CRIMINAL WARNING ON GRAPHIC CONTENT Vicious assault and murder By National Criminal Lawyers National Criminal Lawyers we have seen it all. That said in what is consisted a vicious and horrific assault and murder which included gouging out his wife’s eyes because she was ‘the Islamic anti-Christ’ to genital mutilation which left a…
Raising Self-defence in Criminal Matters
Raising Self-defence in Criminal Matters by National Criminal Lawyers Let’s face it if you’re not a lawyer you should first get a legal opinion before you exclude Self-Defence as an option for a defence in your criminal case. Self-defence is often misunderstood by society, and often lawyers. In NSW, a person is not responsible…
Does NSW still have a Right to Silence?
Does NSW still have a Right to Silence? By National Criminal Lawyers Historically, the right of silence came about when individuals and society began to frown upon a practice that had developed in England in the early sixteenth century. In short, Star Chambers and Ecclesiastical Tribunals regularly resorted to torture and physical punishment to…
The balancing exercise between criminal acts and trumped up police facts
The balancing exercise between criminal acts and trumped up police facts By National Criminal Lawyers Being charged with a criminal or traffic offence can be a daunting experience. It could be the first time you have ever been in trouble with the law. What is more stressful is when the Police allege that you did…
Australian Firearm Amnesty – SURRENDER or REGISTER ILLEGAL GUNS
GUNS AMNESTY AND SUGGESTED REFORMS OF GUN LICENCE LAWS National Criminal Lawyers NSW Police and the state government have announced a state-wide firearms amnesty, giving people three months to give up or register their illegal firearms without penalty. This comes just before the shooting of two teenagers at the hands of their licensed firearm holder…
Sniffer NO – Abuse of Police Powers
Sniffer NO – Abuse of Police Powers By National Criminal Lawyers A little over a month since Pill testing occurred at a Canberra music festival police followed through with their released statement that drug detection dogs will patrol the Above and Beyond Sydney music Festival and refuse entry not only to those found in possession of…
Pill Testing At Music Festivals and Drug Possession
PILL TESTING LABS AT MUSIC FESTIVALS By National Criminal Lawyers Let’s face it if you’re under 25 and say you have never tried “so called recreational drugs” you’re probably a liar, but you’re probably a fool if you say that you do. A study of drug reports by The American drug addiction information service “Project…
A Lawyers’ Ethical Duties to the Court and to the Client
In the Westminster Legal system (The legal system In Australia and NSW), the lawyer/client relationship is recognised as a trust-based relationship. That is to say, the relationship is one wherein (the client) places her or his trust, reliance, confidence and faith in another (the lawyer), whose advice and/or representation is sought in some matter. National…
Advocacy and cross examination in Australian Courts
There is an old trial lawyers’ saying “When the facts are on your side, pound the facts into the Jury. When the law is on your side, pound the law into the Judge. When neither is on your side, pound the table”. Advocacy Advocacy is the art of persuasion. If an Advocate persuades they will…
AFP employee who allegedly left his mother ‘lying in a state of filth’ refused bail in Sydney court
An Australian Federal Police (AFP) employee has been refused bail over the alleged manslaughter of his mother, who prosecutors say suffered an “undignified and agonising death”. Phillip Joseph Thompson, who is also a former New South Wales Police officer, and his brother David Thompson were charged with the manslaughter of their mother in September last…
Charges dropped over ‘abduction attempt’
A man who was accused of trying to abduct a young boy from a western Sydney school has succeeded in having most of the charges against him dropped. The incident unfolded in front of television crews at Bennett Road Public School in Colyton in November 2015 after parents called police. Garang Aguern, 42, was seen…
Sydney store pervert avoids jail
A man sentenced to three months in jail for sexual exhibitionism in a Sydney hardware store has had his sentence suspended following a successful appeal. A sexual exhibitionist who committed an act of indecency in front of a young female hardware store worker has walked from a Sydney court after successfully appealing a three-month prison…
Brothers charged over death of 73-year-old mother left in ‘abhorrent’ conditions
One of two brothers, who were charged with the manslaughter of their mother in Sydney’s west, has been revealed as a current member of the Australian Federal Police. Former NSW Police officer and current AFP member Phillip Thompson, 42, and his brother David, 39, faced court today over the death of their mother Shirley, 73,…
