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- 2022 Criminal Defence and Civil Lawyer Blogs
- 2023 Civil Law and Criminal Defence Lawyer Blogs
- A NSW police officer was subjected to an unlawful search by another officer.
- A Victory for Justice: Misfeasance in Public Office
- Actions against law enforcement case studies
- After being unlawfully assaulted on New Year’s Eve, a minor was unreasonably detained at a local station.
- Anti-Lockdown Protestor Unlawful Arrest By NSW Police
- APVO application used to unlawfully arrest man
- Assault and Violent Offences
- Assaulted and Unlawfully Arrested Disabled Man Sues NSW Police
- August Blog Posts
- AVO application against mother withdrawn after successful defence: Client AM
- Black Lives Matter Protestors Win Claim Against NSW Police
- Brief Explainer: The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
- Civil Action Against Religious Boarding School
- Civil Claim against Department of Communities and Justice: assault of a young person in a juvenile correctional centre
- Civil claims for sexual assault, battery and child sexual abuse case studies
- Client able to immediately drive again after our lawyers successfully appeal licence suspension
- Client admitted with Possession of Illicit Substance Found Not Guilty
- Client charged with assaulting/intimidating and resisting arrest withdrawn and compensation awarded
- Client falsely imprisoned for allegedly breaking bail conditions
- Client Imprisoned as Police fail to account for changed AVO conditions
- Client initially assaulted by partner then subject to unlawful conduct by police
- Compensation awarded for client assaulted by police at pub
- Compensation awarded for individual on STMP list
- Compensation for historical abuse of a minor at a youth program
- Compensation for strip search conducted based on a drug dog indication
- Conditional Release Order (CRO) with no conviction for a first time drug driving offender
- Correctional officer unlawfully strip search female client
- Corrective Services Neglect Delays Cancer Diagnosis of Inmate
- Corruption
- Court Orders in the Criminal Court
- Criminal Procedure
- Cybercrime Lawyers
- Domestic violence case where client was victimised by police
- Domestic violence charges diverted with Section 14 Application for young woman
- Domestic Violence Lawyers
- Drink Driving Lawyers in Sydney
- Driving infringement dismissed after red P plater uses mobile phone while driving
- Educational institution mishandles sexual harassment allegations
- Elderly Woman Mistaken To Be A Threat To Society
- Firearms and Weapons Defence Lawyers
- Firearms Licence In NSW | Factsheet
- FOI Access to information: What is the Freedom of Information Act?
- General Searches | Factsheet
- Heading To A Music Festival in QLD? Know Your Rights
- Heading To A Music Festival? Know your rights!
- How Self-Documented Evidence Helped Expose Police Misconduct
- Indigenous Woman Wins Claim For NSW Police Assault
- Insider Trading lawyers
- July Blog Posts
- Know Your Knives: A Guide to Knife Laws in New South Wales
- Luigi’s Letter of Demand: Breach of Contract Property Dispute in Santa Barbara, Italy
- Magistrate accepts defence’s submissions in sentencing hearing: Client JM
- Man avoids jail time for stalk/intimidate and contravene AVO due to psychological state
- Man falsely arrested after bail conditions had been removed
- Man Falsely Imprisoned After Police Allege AVO Breach
- Mental Health Order: Section 14 Application
- Money Laundering in NSW
- Music festival attendance with concealed cocaine leads to drug charges
- Neighbourhood Disputes: Apprehended Violence Applications against neighbours
- Newsletter
- Non-conviction record for elderly man charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm
- NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT)
- O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors In the Media, 2023
- O’Brien Solicitors In The Media
- OBS Blogs
- October Blog Posts
- Offender receives compensation for excessive force used when he attempted to escape custody
- Ombudsmen
- Our lawyers negotiate with police prosecutors who withdraw the charge of larceny
- Peaceful protestor has all charges withdrawn and now has a civil claim against the State
- Police aggressively arrest women for alleged domestic assault but ignore pre-existing health conditions
- Police arrest the wrong sibling, generous monetary compensation awarded
- Police assault woman with dementia in care home
- Police Falsely Arrest Victim Of Vicious Assault, After He Calls 000.
- Police Powers – What Are My Rights?
- Police Unlawful Conduct Towards an Individual with a Complex Neurological Disorder
- Police unlawfully assault bystander at railway station
- Police use breach of the peace when they go to an argument between our client and his partner
- Post-Lecture Drinks Results In Unlawful Detention
- Racial Discrimination lawyer: Unlawful Imprisonment of Man at Sporting Event
- Search Order | Factsheet
- September Blog Posts
- Shane Bazzi wins defamation appeal against Peter Dutton
- Significant amount of charges withdrawn due to a successful Section 14 application
- Social Media 2023
- Stalking and Intimidation Lawyers
- Successful appeal for strip search of a minor
- Successful Claim for Terminally Ill Client who was Abused by Father whilst in Care
- Successful non-conviction for client charged with drug possession
- Successful outcome for client who filed a civil claim for child physical and sexual abuse
- Successful outcome for historical abuse claim
- Successful revocation of ADVO for immigration purposes
- Successful section 14 application for client charged with intentionally distribute intimate image without consent
- Successful Section 14 Application for client with ADHD charged with common assault
- Suing for Injurious Falsehood
- Sydney Drug Defence Lawyers
- Teenager has all graffiti charges dismissed and no convictions recorded
- Teenager has robbery in company charge withdrawn and matter dropped
- The Battle Against Malicious Prosecution: What Happened To Bill Spedding
- Theft, Property & Dishonesty Lawyers
- Transgender woman receives ex-gratia payment for imprisonment in a male prison
- Transport Police Assault Train Passenger Over Opal Card
- Unjustified Arrest Following a Neighborhood Dispute
- Unlawful arrest compensation awarded after drug offence case dismissed
- Unlawful strip search of an underage attendee at all-ages music festival
- What is Bribery?
- When arresting client for having a weapon, the police use unlawful force
- While seeking counselling in her car, a transgender client was unlawfully arrested
- White-Collar Crime
- Why you need a criminal defence lawyer
- Woman denied entry at correctional facility due to unlawful strip search awarded compensation
- Woman receives compensation for vicious online hate campaign
- Women’s offensive behaviour and remarks withdrawn as Undercover NSW Police breach LEPRA
- Word of the week series: Legal Terminology
- Work & Development Orders (WDO) Explained
- Youth Officers Break 15 Year Old Detainee’s Nose
- Royal Commission Case Studies
- SO – Successful outcome for client charged with larceny
- Concreter’s Contractor License Cancellation and Reinstatement
- Our Recent Cases – Suing the Police
- Acquitted of assault with intent to rob
- Acquitted of murder but titled ‘killer’ by tabloid – Defamation Case Study
- Assaulted and unlawfully arrested at the train station
- AVO Extension successfully blocked by our lawyers
- Cardinal George Pell is cross-examined by Peter O’Brien at Child Abuse Royal Commission
- Child Abuse in Juvenile Detention – Open Letter to NSW Attorney-General
- Child: Assault with Intent to Rob in Company, Cause GBH with intent to resist arrest
- Compensation Awarded for Excessive Force in Arrest: Barry v State of NSW
- Compensation awarded for unlawful search: Jane & Alan v State of NSW
- Compensation for defamation following false imputations of criminal activity: BPS
- Compensation for Defamation in Financial Report from Government Commission
- Compensation for Defamation in Tabloid Magazine
- Compensation for suggesting man cheated on his partner – Defamation Case Study
- Defamation in the nightly news broadcast with allegation of animal cruelty
- Defamatory Google review successfully removed
- Drink Driving: RBT, PCA, DUI FAQ and Factsheets
- Drug Manufacture (s24 Drug Misuse Act) – FAQ and Factsheets
- Drug Posession & Supply – FAQ and Factsheet
- Fact sheets on Criminal and Civil Law
- Fair Trading Case Studies
- Favourable outcome for client charged with drug possession while breaching bail conditions
- Firearm Offences – FAQ and Factsheets
- Graffiti charges dropped after being caught red handed
- Graffiti crimes: Entering inclosed land without lawful excuse, housebreaking implement & graffiti offence: R v HWC
- Historic Child Sexual Abuse
- How a Trainee’s Contractor License was Wrongly Cancelled Due to Fraudulent Training Providers: A NSW Fair Trading Case Study
- Illegally arrested and strip searched, following an alleged move-on direction by police at an environmental protest: PS and ER
- Illegally strip searched, following the execution of a lawful search warrant: PS and ER
- Man incorrectly identified as assaulting children
- Man racially profiled and mistakenly charged with dishonestly obtaining property by deception (fraud)
- Mistaken Identity: Settlement for defamation in Australian Newspaper
- O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors in the Media, 2019-2020
- O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors in the Media, 2021
- O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors in the Media, 2022
- Offences against Police – FAQ and Factsheets
- Possession of a Prohibited Drug: Conditional Release Order without conviction: R v CQA
- Privacy Policy
- Section 10 for minor assault
- Settlement from tabloid news company
- Stolen bag charge withdrawn
- Successful settlement against individual for social media defamation
- Suing Corrective Services for Mistreatment in Prison
- Suing NSW Corrective Services for unlawful strip-search on visitor
- Suing NSW Police for false imprisonment, assault, battery and trespass to goods: SZM & PQR
- The Case of Martin and Historical Child Sexual Abuse by Church
- What is the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC)?
- AB v State of NSW: Suing police for Wrongful Arrest
- AC – Acts of indecency charges dismissed
- AC-Successful outcome for client charged with commission of act of indecency
- Accessory after fact, firing a firearm in a public place: DPP v NZK
- Affray and common assault charges: Police v NK
- Affray Charge Dismissed and Section 10 Given For Offensive Behaviour
- Affray Charge Withdrawn in Defence of Girlfriend
- Affray, common assault, armed with intent to commit serious indictable offence: Police v BPR
- Aggravated assault: plea of not guilty – charges dismissed: Police v EK
- Aggravated break & enter, intent to commit serious indictable offence: DPP v FC
- Aggravated sexual assault (victim under 16): DPP v AB Bail
- AH – Successful outcome to client charged with reckless damage to property
- All-grounds appeal: common assault – inconsistent prosecution evidence: YRW v Police
- Apprehended violence order: contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO, abusive Facebook message:Police v LO
- Assault and battery claim against prison officers: QXO v Corrective Services
- Assault and criminal damage: Police v MRT
- Assault armed with intent to commit serious indictable offence, affray & intimidation: Police v SKB
- Assault Defence Lawyers
- Assault occasioning actual bodily harm: Police v JXP
- Assault police officer in execution of duty: Police v JZ
- Assault, battery and false imprisonment successful claim : EBR v State of NSW
- Assault: Hitting a motorist on the head with his motorcycle helmet: DPP v CU
- Assault/resist officer while in the execution of duty, alleged police brutality: Police v BH
- Assaulting Police Case Studies
- Attempt to re-enter/enter premises within 24 hours penalty notice withdrawn
- AV – Client receives successful outcome for charge of drug possession
- BA v NSW: False Imprisonment; Assault; Battery
- Bailed but unlawfully imprisoned for 6 days : BSJ v State of NSW
- BDA v DPP: Negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm
- BG – No conviction recorded for client charged with drug offences
- Blog
- BMA – No jail time for client charged with stalking/intimidating and contravening AVO
- Bondi pub: attempt excluded person re-enter premises, appeal severity: JC v Police
- BR – Successful outcome for client charged with common assault (DV); stalk/intimidate
- BS – Client receives no conviction for domestic violence matter
- BST v State of NSW – Successful claim for assault, battery and false imprisonment
- BT – Successful outcome for client charged with sexual intercourse without consent
- By providing persuasive character Non-conviction order & behaviour bond for client charged with possessing prohibited drug
- CA v NA – Client receives ex-gratia payment for years of severe victimisation
- Cause grievous bodily harm with intent: Police v RXC
- CCO (Community Corrections Order) for client charged with supply of prohibited drugs
- CDB v State of NSW – Successful claim for false imprisonment, invalid search warrant, trespass to land, trespass to goods
- CFL – Domestic Violence and Contravention of AVO
- Charged with affray: Children’s Court outcome – the case of HE
- Charged with assault after an argument gone wrong: Police v EPH
- Charged with assault and breaching an AVO: Police v PDH
- Charged with unauthorised possession of firearm: SA
- Child offender failing to comply with reporting obligations: Police v RJR
- Children’s Court Lawyers : Youth Justice
- Children’s Court: Successful outcome for client charged aggravated robbery
- Civil Action Against Queensland Police for Unlawful Conduct
- CJ – Client successfully pleads not guilty to aggravated robbery during road rage
- CJ – Hit and Run accident in Seaforth causing injury to pedestrian
- CJW – Client found not guilty after being charged with break and enter with intent to commit a serious indictable offence
- Client charged with using Carriage to Stalk/Intimidate – DN
- Client recieves community Release order without conviction after admitting to carrying MDMA and GHB
- Client Sues Hospital for Nervous Shock – HB
- Client unlawfully assaulted by Police at a hotel
- CN – Charged with possession of two prohibited drugs
- Commissions & Inquiries
- Commit act of indecency with person 16 years or over: WMK v Police
- Common assault (domestic violence), contravene AVO: Police v HDB
- Common Assault Case Studies
- Charges dismissed under Mental Health Provisions: Client JB
- Client found not guilty of assault against his daughter in Bondi
- DS – Common Assault Charge
- Good behaviour bond for client breaching AVO – RL
- No conviction for client charged with throwing pizza and water at sister
- Strong defence submissions results in the dismissal of common assault charges: GD
- Common assault, affray and reckless wounding in company: Police v AVG
- Common assault: All grounds appeal – appeal upheld, conviction quashed: BB v Police
- Common assault: behave in offensive manner near public place – destroy / damage property by fire: Police v DLO
- Common assault: non-conviction conditional on good behaviour bond: Police v MGB
- Common assault: Police v TRE
- Common assault: robbery in company: Police v BDI
- Common Assault: Section 10 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act. Good Behaviour Bond: DPP v JF
- Common Assault: section 10 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act. Good Behaviour Bond: DPP v RO
- Common assault. Not guilty: costs awarded to defendant. Police v AW
- Community Release Order (without conviction) for client found with one MDMA tablet
- Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program successfully continued after receiving an Intensive Correction Order
- Contravene apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO): Police v NBJ
- Contravene apprehended violence order: Police v GMS
- Contravention of ADVO (Apprehended Domestic Violence Order) – the case of BW
- Coronial Inquests and Coroner’s Court
- Criminal Defence Law – Recent Cases
- Assault Case Studies
- Indigenous chef breaches AVO after repeatedly trying to contact ex
- Assault and kidnapping charges at CENTRAL LOCAL COURT, Sydney: DPP v TS
- Affray charges for consensual fight: Police v RL
- Assault / contravening an Apprehended Violence Order: Police v FH
- Assault allegations from wife who sought visa: Police v BD
- Assault charges withdrawn against client WP
- Assault following sexual assault: Police v RW
- Assault in Sydney CBD bar: Police v JC
- Assault occasioning actual bodily harm / common assault: Police v FF
- Assault occasioning actual bodily harm and kidnapping: Police vs TS
- Assault occasioning actual bodily harm: Police v WJP and lawyers
- Assault police and contravene AVO: Police v JV
- Assault: Police v NJ
- Breaching Apprehended Domestic Violence Order ADVO: Police v MN
- Breaching AVO Police v VH
- Common assault charge after hitting flatmate’s girlfriend: Police v SAF
- Common Assault Police v SB
- Common Assault: Police v AQ
- Contravene AVO Police v RW
- Contravening AVO – assault occasioning actual bodily harm: Police v RW
- Dispute at work leads to alleged assault and AVO application: Police v BT
- Murder charge for man after severe beating: R v AA
- Murder conviction overturned. Retrial ordered: LC v R
- No conviction recorded for young person: Client KF
- Police charge man with assault after child stops him from sitting on bus: DT
- Police v KA: University student glasses security officer and is charged with assault
- Robbery in company charges: Police v SH
- Robbery with offensive weapon charges: DPP v HAE
- SM – Good outcome in sentencing hearing for client
- Stalk/intimidate charges dismissed by magistrate: Police v HF
- Stalking and intimidation AVO application: AA v HD
- Stalking and intimidation charges goes to Campbelltown Court: Police v VW
- Backdated Sentence for Client charged with 3 x Break and Enter – SJ
- Bail Application Case Studies
- Apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO) and bail: Police v MN
- Bail for importing prohibited drugs: DPP v AL
- Break and Enter bail application: DPP v SB
- RM – Successful bail application for client charged with fraud
- Sexual Assault DPP v RM Bail Application
- Supplied prohibited drugs charge goes to Supreme Court bail application
- Charges Dismissed for Involvement in WestConnex Protest
- Children’s Court Case Studies
- Client given Community Treatment Order – SM
- Client Successfully Represented at Trial – JM
- Criminal Appeal Case Studies
- Conviction quashed for entering enclosed lands
- Drug offence appeal: JD
- LC v R: Appeal of miscarriage of justice in murder trial
- Licence disqualified due to high range PCA drink driving: DPP v C
- Man tries to help police: instead they arrest and assault him
- Negligent Driving MB v Police: appeal to the District Court negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm
- R v CKG: robbery offences
- RH v R – Conviction Quashed in NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
- Shoplifting charges appeal: DO v DPP
- Successful District Court Sentencing Appeal in Driving Case: JB
- Using or installing a recording device appeal: DPP v SH
- Dishonesty and Property Offence Case Studies
- AFP v HW: Trespass charges dismissed thanks to our lawyers
- Aggregate sentence for several robbery offences: Client RM
- Breaking and Entering Police v DC
- DPP v HAE: Armed robbery
- Police v DB: Property offence charges defended by our criminal lawyers
- Police v DC: Break and enter charges
- Police v GP: Shoplifting charges
- Police v LM: Break and enter charges
- Police v MH: Violence offence charges
- R v JJ: Fraud, Obtained benefit by deception, Dealings proceeds of crime
- Driving Offence Case Studies
- Charged with low range PCA drink driving offence: Police v RRR
- Drink Driving Charges: Police v IC
- Driving recklessly charges: Police v IS
- Driving without a licence: Police v PK
- GA – Successful sentencing appeal for grandmother
- Negligent driving charges: Police v KPP
- Negligent driving charges: Police v MB
- Not guilty of negligent and dangerous driving: DNA evidence rejected
- Police v AL: Drink driving charges
- Drug Offence Case Studies
- Charges dismissed by way of mental health provision: MR
- District Court Appeal for client charged at a music festival with possession of drugs
- Double Bay bar patron caught with a bag of ketamine
- DW – Man charged with drug and firearm charges in the Northern Territory
- Good behaviour bond for client charged with drug supply – SS
- Importing drugs charges: DPP v XX
- No conviction recorded against student found with MDMA: LB
- No conviction recorded for client found with MDMA at a Mardi Gras after party
- No conviction recorded for initial admission to drug possession at music festival
- No conviction recorded for possession of a small quantity of Ketamine
- Possess prohibited drugs charges: Police v BH
- Possess prohibited drugs charges: Police v EG
- Possession of Prohibited Drugs – No Conviction Recorded
- Prohibited substances: No conviction recorded for client with good character – TM
- Supply prohibited drugs arrest: Police v MM
- Trafficable amount of MDMA found on client at night club
- Firearms Offence Case Studies
- Good behaviour bond for client charged with stalking offences – MB
- LK – Court attendance notice given outside required time frame
- Sexual Assault Case Studies
- Suspended Sentence for Unlawful Entry Charges – PG
- DD v State of New South Wales – Successful claim for assault and battery
- DJA v NSW Police: Assault, battery and wrongful arrest by undercover police officer
- DM v State of NSW – Client receives large settlement sum for false imprisonment
- DO v State of NSW – Client receives compensation for claim of wrongful arrest
- Compensation for unlawful stop and search of car
- Unlawful imprisonment EH and PH v NSW State
- Client awarded compensation after suing police for assault, battery, unlawful arrest and false imprisonment – JR
- Client sued Corrective Services for Psychiatric Injury – KS
- Client Sues Police after being Assaulted by Police – KM
- Client sues police after they injure him: RJ v Police
- Client Sues Police for Arrest after Two Instances of Mistaken Identity – SF
- Client sues police for assault, unlawful arrest and false imprisonment – JF
- Client Sues Queensland Police for Assault, Battery & False Imprisonment – KW
- Client Sues Transport Officer for Assault, Battery and False Imprisonment – OD
- Compensation for false arrest: KS v Police
- Costs Awarded for Malicious Prosecution – BB
- False allegations against client leads to false arrest: AC v Police
- Successful Civil Claim against Police for Malicious Prosecution – DM
- Successful Claims against Police for Battery and False Imprisonment – SH
- Successful False Imprisonment Claim against Police – JG
- Suing for unlawful imprisonment compensation: BH v NSW
- Suing Police for False Imprisonment in a Civil Action – NJ
- Unlawful imprisonment compensation EA v Commercial supermarket
- Young Indigenous client sues police for false arrest and unlawful imprisonment: DG
- Assault Case Studies
- Criminal Defence Lawyer Services General Fees
- Criminal Offences
- CS – No conviction for client in domestic violence matter
- CYP v NSW: False imprisonment claim against Corrective Services
- DC – Client has ICO Report considered ‘suitable’ after assault charges
- Defamation Case Studies
- Defamation claim against news journalist
- Defamation Lawyers | Libel, Slander and Reputation
- Defence representation in defamation settlement
- Defending Your Right to Self-Defence: Reckless wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm
- Demand property with intent to steal: Police v HD
- Dishonestly obtain property by deception (fraud): Police v RNJ
- Dishonesty & Property Offences Case Studies
- Dismissal of ADVO Charge: A Case of Alleged Intoxication, Verbal Abuse, and Assault
- District Court appeal against conviction: TYK v Police
- DJ – Successful outcome for client charged with dealing / trafficking prohibited drug (cannabis)
- DJ – Successful outcome for client charged with possession of prohibited firearm
- Domestic assault and common assault: Police v BQL
- Domestic violence and common assault: Police v DTA
- Domestic violence related common assault / AVO breach: Police v FDN
- Domestic Violence, ADVO and AVO Case Studies
- DPP v AU: Client successfully acquitted of all charges before sworn jury
- DPP v BC: Over 1000 MDMA pills – supply prohibited drug
- DPP v BHG Bail Granted Strict Conditions
- DPP v JMM: Show Cause Provisions
- DPP v KE: Robbery armed with offensive weapon
- DPP v MRY: Larceny and Housebreaking
- DPP v NDQ – Charge of sexual touching withdrawn; no conviction upon sentence
- DPP v WB: Client receives best possible outcome for possession of prohibited drugs
- Drink driving high range PCA: Police v KR
- Drink driving involved in multiple car accident: Police v MAS
- Drink Driving: Police v MS
- Drive with high range PCA drink driving charge: Police v GSH
- Driving furiously, recklessly, speed manner dangerous: DPP v GOS
- Driving Offences & Traffic Lawyers
- Drug Importation of Pseudoephedrine: DPP v TB
- Drug Offence Lawyers, Sydney
- Drug Possession arrest and charges: DPP v KM
- Drug supply charges dropped after client found with trafficable amount of MDMA at Listen Out festival
- DS v State of NSW: False Imprisonment; Assault; Battery
- Esther Rockett defends a defamation suit for blog posts that criticise Serge Benhayon
- Failure to leave premises leads to discovery of arrest warrant – case of SM
- False Imprisonment, Assault and Trespass to Person by NSW Police: BL v NSW Police
- Favourable outcome for involved in drug syndicate: Client WR
- FC v State of NSW – Client receives significant settlement sum from police
- Fighting Fraud Charges: Legal Representation for a Medical Practice Manager
- FR v NSW: False imprisonment claim against police
- GA – Successful outcome for client charged with public order offence
- GA v State of NSW – Successful claim of trespass to property
- GC – Successful outcome for client involved in family dispute
- Getaway driver: aggravated break and enters to schools: DPP v KB
- GL – No conviction for client charged with common assault
- GL v State of NSW: Assault, battery, false imprisonment
- Good outcome for client charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm (domestic violence)
- GP v DPP – Successful appeal of conviction for malicious damage charges in High Court
- GP v State of NSW (NSW Police)
- Habitual traffic offender declaration: Police v LC
- HD – No conviction for client charged with drug possession at NYE party
- HDW: Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
- HG v NSW: False Imprisonment, Assault, Battery, Malicious Prosecution
- HJ – Client has charges of assault withdrawn and dismissed
- HMP v State of NSW – Successful claim for assault and battery
- Home invasion: DPP v XWX
- Identity fraud charges withdrawn and dismissed after client found using false identity to book hotel room
- IF v NSW: False Imprisonment; Unlawful Arrest; Assault, Battery; Malicious Prosecution
- Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) Hearings
- Intentional Tort (including Defamation) One Day CPD
- Intentionally mark premises or property without prescribed consent (graffiti): Police v JYL
- Intimidate police without causing actual bodily harm, and offensive behaviour: Police v APN
- JC – Client has charges dismissed after section 32 report
- JH v R – No conviction for client after successful appeal
- JN v State of NSW – Client receives settlement sum after unlawful arrest
- JR v State of NSW (NSW Police)
- JS v NSW: Assault, police brutality, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution
- JSM – Student receives no conviction for assault charge
- Junior at Army Apprentice School subjected to sexual abuse by staff member
- Jury Trials and Summary Hearings
- Juvenile justice: youth justice conference after robbery and assault: Police v MH
- JW v NSW: False imprisonment claim against police for Bankstown assault
- KK – No conviction for client resisting arrest and smoking in public area
- KLS v State of NSW – Successful claim of assault, battery, false Imprisonment and malicious prosecution
- KM – Client receives successful outcome for larceny and break and enter charges
- KMA v State of NSW – Aboriginal Elder receives compensation from police
- KN – Successful claim of assault, battery, and false imprisonment against police
- KQ v NSW: False imprisonment claim against police
- KV v Western NSW Local Health District & Ors – Client successfully reacquires Working with Children’s Check
- LA – Client receives compensation after false allegations made by newspaper
- Larceny of a purse with iPhone, credit cards and money: DPP v FP
- Larceny: Dismissal of Charges; Section 10, Good Behaviour Bond: DPP v RS
- LH – Sentencing discount after guilty plea to supply of drugs on ongoing basis
- LL v State of NSW – Successful claim for assault, battery and false imprisonment, compensation
- Low Range PCA drink driving charge and Section 10: Police v VD
- LPA v SC – Client settles after being sued for alleged embezzlement
- MA v State of NSW – Client receives significant settlement sum after tort claims
- Man abused, assaulted and arrested by Gold Coast police: WLK v QLD Police
- Man charged with common assault of his mother and cannabis possession: LC
- MB – Successful outcome for client charged with using carriage service to threaten/kill
- MD v State of NSW: Claim for Misfeasance in Public Office against Police Officer and Malicious Prosecution
- Media Release: Residents of Yirrkala Aboriginal Community Sue Channel Seven
- Medical Negligence Lawyers
- Mental Health Defence for Assault Charge
- MG – Common Assault Charge and ADVO Dismissed
- MJP v R – Appeal upheld and conviction for charge of aggravated sexual touching quashed
- MK – Charge of Assault Occasioning ABH and AVO withdrawn
- MM – Successful outcome for client charged with assault occasioning bodily harm
- Money Laundering: CDPP v TCH
- Mount Druitt: Successful outcome for client charged with common assault and stalk
- MR v State of New South Wales- Successful claim for Assault, Battery and False Imprisonment
- MT – Client found not guilty of affray
- MT – Successful outcome for client charged with common assault and contravening AVO
- Multiple criminal charges: Police v LXY
- Murder & Accessory after the fact: R v AH
- Murder Case Studies
- Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Vass
- Navigating Workplace Sexual Harassment: Negotiating A Severance Payment
- NCAT Matter against Client Dismissed
- Negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm appeal: MVK v Police
- News Article Incorrectly uses Client’s Photo
- NG – Juvenile detention centre inmate assaults other detainee causing injury
- NL – Charge of recording intimate image without consent dismissed
- No conviction for client charged with DUI
- No conviction for MP charged with public order offences
- No Conviction Recorded for Young Person charged with drug possession
- No licence suspension or disqualification for client charged with driving with illicit drugs
- Non-conviction Order for client found with small amount of MDMA
- Non-conviction order for teacher charged with possession of cocaine
- Not guilty for client charged with assault officer and disturbance of public order – MJ
- Not guilty to assaulting police: AB Client
- NSW Fair Trading Investigating Green Skills Australia contractor licences
- O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors in the Media, 2016-2018
- O’Brien Solicitors Restore Carpenter License After a Wrongful Cancellation by Fair Trading NSW
- OD – Client avoids community work for 12 months
- Offensive Behaviour and Affray Charges Withdrawn
- OW – Successful outcome for client charged with affray and common assault
- PA v Telstra Corporation Ltd. – Client sues Telstra for falling into manhole
- PB v State of NSW (NSW Police) – Client sues police after unlawful imprisonment
- PH – Successful outcome for client who contravened ADVO
- Pleas of guilty and sentencing
- Police Brutality in Inner-City Sydney
- Police find client possessing one MDMA pill at a music festival
- Police find prohibited drug on client outside hotel
- Police v ANX : Discharge firearm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm
- Police v DGM Escape police custody / assault / offensive behaviour
- Police v JG: Driving under the influence of drugs (amphetamine)
- Police v KXP: Behave in offensive manner in public and affray
- Police v MHX: Drink Driving
- Police v MWG Supply prohibited drugs
- Police v NJD: Drive while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs
- Police v RE: PCA low range drink driving charge
- Police v RM: Contravene prohibition / restriction in an ADVO
- Police v STA: Domestic violence and common assault
- Police v SXI: Apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO)
- Police v XE: Possess prohibited drug
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