All Bail Offence Case Studies

This is a case study on a bail application for traffic and drug charges. What is alleged to have occured? The police charged our client with Driving Disqualified and several other drug offences. The allegations were that our client was trafficking 12 kilograms of cannabis and was in possession of ...

This is a case study on a bail application for multiple counts of Theft as well as a charge of Handle Stolen Goods. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was charged with numerous counts of Theft whilst on a Community Corrections Order for the same type of offence ...

This is a case study on a bail application for Arson whilst on CCO for similar offences. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was on a Community Correction Order for Arson charges when it was alleged that he had committed further offences. The new offending resulted in further ...

This is a case study on showing exceptional circumstances in a contested bail application. The Bail Act was amended in 2018. A significant consequence of the amendments is that bail is much more difficult to achieve for a person accused of committing certain offences whilst already on bail for other ...

This is a case study on bail variation in a child pornography case, specifically to allow child contact. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was arrested and a search warrant was executed at his home on the same day. Australian Federal Police (AFP) were looking for child pornography ...

This is case study on a bail application for Cultivation in a Commercial Quantity of Cannabis. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was charged with Cultivation in a Commercial Quantity of a Narcotic Plant, namely cannabis. He came before the court in his mid 50’s for the first ...

Our client was charged with two counts each of Theft of Motor Vehicle and Commit Indictable Offence Whilst on Bail. These are very serious offences which often carry terms of imprisonment. The aggravating features of the motor vehicle thefts were that: They were committed whilst on bail There were two ...

This is a case study on applying for bail for Armed Robbery. Armed robbery is a schedule 2 offence which means that we had to satisfy the magistrate hearing the bail application that ‘compelling circumstances' existed as to why his remand in custody was not justified. ‘Compelling circumstances' is a ...

This is a case study on a sentence of Community Corrections Order for Fail to Answer Bail. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was charged with a huge deception offence ($56,000) against their employer by lodging false time sheets during the operational period of a suspended sentence. This ...

This is a case study that involves bail application, family violence, and Community Corrections Order (CCO). The CCO sentence is for another family violence against a different victim. What is alleged to have occured? The police was making an application to remand our client into custody following an allegation of ...

This is a case study on getting a diversion twice for drug and bail offences. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was accused of cultivating a cannabis plant in a specially built growing cupboard which was detected during an inspection of the property. He subsequently was charged with ...

This is a case study on charges of Breach Intervention Order whilst on bail. For some people, at least initially, intervention orders can be difficult to understand and accept. This may be particularly so when an order is served in the context of a marriage breakdown. This was the case ...

This is a case of bail application for armed robbery while on CCO involving a client on a 'show cause' position. What is alleged to have occured? The client was charged with armed robbery that occurred late at night, outside a night club. It was alleged that our client carried ...

This is a case study on a successful bail application for armed robbery. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was charged with Armed Robbery and Attempted Armed Robbery. He was remanded into custody following his arrest on these charges and we proceeded with a bail application on the ...

This is a case of bail application for Intentionally Cause Serious Injury. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was charged in relation to two incidents occurring late on the same night. The first incident occurred in a laneway near a night club. It was alleged that our client ...

This is a case study on bail application for Aggravated Burglary and other charges. What is alleged to have occured? Our client had been charged with Aggravated Burglary, False Imprisonment, and two counts of Kidnapping. The charges covered three alleged incidents. In the first incident, it was alleged that the ...

This is a case of bail application for legal matters in a 'night' court. What is alleged to have occured? Our client had called us in the morning and sought interview advice. He had been arrested by the police whilst driving his car and was charged with drug possession and ...

This is a case study involving a court diversion for Attempt to Commit Indictable Offence Whilst on Bail and Unlawful Assault. What is alleged to have occured? Our client had three matters listed in the Children’s Court. These matters included attempted robbery and unlawful assault, theft, and arson. What happened ...

This is a case study on a successful bail application for Burglary and Theft. What is alleged to have occured? Our client had a very long criminal history (25 pages) mostly for burglaries and other dishonesty offences. He had been denied bail by the police who alleged that he had ...

This is a case study on a bail application involving an accused in a show cause position. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was in a show cause position as he allegedly committed further indictable offences whilst on two counts of bail. He also had a significant prior ...

This is a case study on a bail application for drug offences. What is alleged to have occured? Our client had been charged with trafficking just under two kilograms of GHB and had been remanded. This is just under the commercial quantity which meant that his matter would have been ...

This is a case study on bail application for family violence and offences against the police. Our client was charged with over 20 offences involving family violence, firearms charges, and offences against the police. He lives in the country on an isolated rural property with his wife and children. What ...

This is a case study on bail application for family violence charges. What is alleged to have occured? Our client has no priors but was remanded due to being an unacceptable risk of re-offending. He had 5 briefs for breaching intervention orders and stalking. He had previously run a bail ...

This is a case of good behaviour bond without conviction for Fail to Answer Bail and other offences. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was facing charges on four (4) separate briefs that were more than a year old. The offences included drug possession, breaches of Family Violence ...

This is an actual case of bail application for Theft of Motor Vehicle with a client in a show cause position. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was involved in a number of burglaries and other property offences over a period of time. This had culminated in a ...

This is a case of bail application wherein the accused had been remanded for 42 days. He is 20 years old with no prior convictions. What is alleged to have occured? Previously, the accused had two bail applications listed during which times he had not been brought out to court ...