Have you been charged with council offences?
We can help you.
We are a firm of criminal lawyers who can help you if you have been charged with council offences,.
Local Council or local Government have a wide number of charges that they prosecute. They range from charges relating to house improvements, not getting building permits, to dogs being a nuisance.
Often these charges are very minor. Sometimes these are important as they have a large impact where they relate to building works or to a much loved animal.
Please give us a call and we will discuss your issue with you to see if we can help you.
Council charges
- Allow Dog or Cat to Be a Nuisance
- Carry Out Plumbing Work Without Licence or Registration
- Carry Out Work Without a Building Permit
- Dangerous Non-guard Dog Attacks or Bites a Person or Animal – Person in Control
- Destroy, Damage or in Any Way Interfere With Any Works of a Water Corporation
- Dog Found at Large Between Sunrise and Sunset
- Dog Rushes at Person - Person in Control
- Fail to Apply to Register a Dog or Cat
- Fail to Comply With an Improvement Notice
- Fail to Comply With Emergency Order or Building Order
- Fail to Comply With Fire Prevention Notice
- Fail to Comply With Planning Scheme, Permit or Agreement Under s173
- Fail to Restrain Dangerous Dog Off the Owner’s Premises
- Failure to Vote at Any Election Without a Valid and Sufficient Excuse
- Fishing Closures – Contravene a Prohibition
- Non-dangerous Dog Attacks
- Occupier Land Contravenes Planning Scheme
Latest Council Case Studies
Bail Application – Driving Offences and Other Charges
This is a case study on a bail application for driving offences and other charges. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was a young man who failed to attend court for matters related to an alleged attempted robbery of a shop and assaults committed in a train. Some …
Multiple Driving Charges – Fine, Licence Disqualified
This is a case study involving multiple driving charges and other offences. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was charged with numerous offences ranging from drugs, weapons, assault, and multiple traffic violations. These charges predated our client’s first court appearance for a drug offending and no other offences …
Refuse Breath Test and Other Charges – Not Guilty, Fine
This is a case study on Refuse Breath Test, traffic offences, and drug offences resulting in a fine and a “not guilty” verdict for the first offence. What is alleged to have occured? Our client was facing multiple charges involving both traffic and non-traffic offences. He was listening to the …
