Courts and Police Stations
Doogue & O'Brien Court Tour
- Accused Commited To Stand Trial
- Briefing Counsel for your matter
- Brief counsel for case conference if applicable
- Preparation for trial
- Defence response to case conference summary
- Brief counsel for directions hearing if applicable
- Preparation for trial
- Defence Response to Crown Opening
- Prepare for plea hearing
- Getting a copy of the depositions
- Prosecution summary for Case Conference
- Prosecution to file a Crown Opening
- Directions Hearing
- Case Conference
- Final directions Hearing
- Trial
- Plea of guilty - Plea Hearing
- Sentencing
Briefing Counsel for your matter
Briefing Counsel for your matter
We now need to prepare for briefing counsel/barrister for the upcoming stages of your matter;
Directions hearings
Trial
The choice of Counsel in these matters is crucial. Cases in the Higher Courts generally carry lengthy gaol terms. You need to get Counsel/Barrister in place who knows the law and will fight hard on your behalf.
If it is not one of our firm doing the trial for you then we would use a number of our preferred barristers. These are people who do a lot of these cases for us. We use people who we know get on with our clients and get good results for you.
It is very important to have continuity, if possible, through this process. The barrister should be the one who did the committal as they have a good idea of what the witnesses will be like.
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