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Did you know, if you are charged with a Strictly Indictable matter on or after 30 April 2018 you are now subject to new legislation and processes of negotiation and communication between the Crown and your Solicitor?

Recent changes to drug supply laws have produced a favourable outcome in some circumstances for accused persons in sentence proceedings. Previously if a person was found to be substantially involved in the supply of prohibited drugs, that person would be sentence to a full time term of imprisonment. This was known as the Clark Principle.

You may be able to have your disqualification periods removed.In October 2017 the NSW Government introduced legislation aimed at reducing unauthorised driving and repeat driver offending.As part of the reforms some disqualified drivers may be eligible to apply to a Local Court to have their disqualification lifted. This may be the case if they have not committed any driving offences and complied with their disqualification for a minimum of 2 or 4 years, depending upon the reason for their disqualification.However, certain drivers will not be eligible to apply. This includes drivers who have been convicted of offences such as murder or manslaughter caused by the use of a motor vehicle, or an offence that caused death, grievous bodily harm or...