All Intervention Order Case Studies

This is a case study on family violence offences, withdrawn at the Sunshine Magistrates' Court. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was facing family violence charges against their ex-partner. These charges, as they are related to family violence, are notoriously hard to have withdrawn as prosecution policy dictates ...

This is a case study on withdrawing a personal safety intervention order. Our client had owned his house for twenty years. Over this time the neighbourhood had changed significantly, and of course so had the neighbours. A young family eventually moved in next door and relationships were initially friendly. Home ...

This is a case study on fighting an intervention order resulting in the order being struck out. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was served with an application by the police for an intervention order on behalf of a family member. The parties worked together in separate parts ...

This is a case study on withdrawing a charge of Contravene Personal Safety Notice. There was an interim Personal Safety Intervention Order (PSIO) taken out against our client by his neighbour who lived down the hall from the client. Our client has serious and complicated mental health problems. He regularly ...

Our client was a respondent to an intervention order taken out by their ex-partner. One of the conditions that the ex-partner wanted on the order would have meant that our client be excluded from attending a karaoke venue, which was a location that our client attended weekly with friends. What ...

This is a case study on fighting an interim intervention order. What is alleged to have occured? The Police made an application for an intervention order (IVO) on behalf of the protected person. The allegation was that our client grabbed the protected person in a headlock outside of a small ...

This is a case study on contesting a charge of Contravene Family Violence IVO. What is alleged to have occured? Our client had previously been found guilty of breaching intervention orders (IVO’s) in relation to his ex partner and had been sentenced to 8 months imprisonment. Whilst on appeal bail, ...

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 study on fighting a Personal Safety Intervention Order which ultimately got withdrawn. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was the respondent in an application made by his next-door neighbour for a personal safety intervention order matter. The applicant alleged that the client verbally abused ...

This is a case study on charges of Breach IVO, assault offences, and Damage Police Cell. What is alleged to have occured? The police were called to our client’s home on the basis of a complaint made by a neighbour. The police attended the client’s home, spoke to his wife, ...

This is a case study on an adjourned undertaking for Persistent Contravene FVIO (family violence intervention order).The background to the allegations was that our client had been in a short-term relationship with the complainant for a period of approximately 9 months. That relatively short relationship had commenced not long after ...

Our client was charged with Breach Community Corrections Order (CCO) and Contravene Intervention Order. The prosecution for Breach CCO was brought on the basis of failure to comply with conditions of the order, and for the commission of an offence (the Contravene Intervention Order) which occurred during the currency of ...

This is a case study on a sentence of diversion for Contravene Family Violence IVO. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was charged with instances of breaching an intervention order (IVO). The protected person was her ex-boyfriend. The circumstances were that on the same day that the IVO ...

This is a case study on a charge of Breach Intervention Order that is a repeat offence. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was charged with breaching an intervention order that his ex-wife had placed on him. His children were also on the order. Our client had not ...

This is a case study on fighting an application for intervention order leading to a successful outcome. Our client was a respondent in an Intervention Order proceeding. The applicant was his ex girlfriend and they were both residents in Queensland when they were together. They had been separated for four ...

This is a case study on a sentence of adjourned undertaking for Contravene FVIO (family violence intervention order). What is alleged to have occured? Our client was charged with drink driving and Contravene Family Violence Intervention Order (2 offences on separate dates). The blood alcohol concentration was 4 times the ...

This is a case study on a sentence appeal for Breach Family Violence Intervention Order. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was charged in relation to a serious breach of a family violence intervention order. He was represented by a duty lawyer at the Magistrates’ Court hearing and ...

Our client has been in a relationship with his current partner for 6 years. He has lengthy priors and has previously faced family violence charges in relation to his partner, including causing injury and breach of intervention order. For these offences, he has previously served terms of imprisonment of up ...

This is a case study involving a respondent to a Family Violence Intervention Order application that resulted in a withdrawal of the application. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was the respondent to a Family Violence Intervention Order application that was filed against him by his ex-partner. It ...

This is a case study involving a sentence of without conviction for Breach Intervention Order. What is alleged to have occured? Our client had two matters listed at court. One matter involved allegedly breaching a Family Violence Intervention Order by attending his ex-partner’s address. The second matter involved charges of ...

This is a case study on withdrawing Breach Intervention Order charges. What is alleged to have occured? Our client had been charged twice in as many weeks with breaches of a Family Violence Intervention Order. The breaches involved two different complainants. One matter was listed at Sunshine and another at ...

This is a case involving an application for a full family violence intervention order that got withdrawn. It was heard at the Magistrates' Court and we provided criminal defence for the accused. What is alleged to have occured? The police made an application to vary a limited family violence intervention ...

This is a case of a Family Violence Intervention Order that was struck out. What is alleged to have occured? Our client had a Family Violence Intervention Order taken out against her by the police on behalf of her 16-year old child. She was incredibly distressed because the intervention order ...

This is a case resulting in a good behaviour bond for Breach Intervention Order. Our client was charged with breaching an Intervention Order (IVO). In 2011, his ex-wife took out an IVO which was to last until 2019, and included his two children on the order. What is alleged to ...

This is a case that involves contesting False Imprisonment, assault charges, and Breach Family Violence Intervention Order (FVIO). It was heard at the Magistrates' Court and we provided criminal defence for the accused. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was charged with the following family violence offences. It ...

This is a case of Breach Intervention Order resulting in a financial penalty. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was a male in his mid 40s charged with persistently breaching a Family Violence Intervention Order. He and his ex-partner had been separated for some time but remained in ...

This is a case involving a sentence of CCO for Contravene Family Violence IVO. The matter was heard at the Magistrates' Court and we provided criminal defence for the accused. What is alleged to have occured? Our client had a large consolidation of charges. It included some very serious criminal ...

This is a case study on a sentence of good behaviour bond for Breaching Family Violence Intervention Order. The case was heard at the Magistrates' Court and we provided criminal defence for the accused. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was subject to a Family Violence Intervention Order ...