Restraining Orders Under the Victorian Confiscation Act Confiscation consequences are an often-overlooked aspect of criminal law proceedings. However, it is very important to consider them as they can result in the permanent loss of your property or someone else’s. Orders...
‘So Your Client is Being Deported?’ (ADLA Seminar) – Presented by Tom Foran, Immigration Lawyer Each year, lawyers from across Australia come together for the Australian Defence Lawyers Alliance (ADLA) conference to share resources and knowledge specific to the practice...
Crypto Offences: The New Frontier For a lot of us it is easy to think that our online existence is not subject to the criminal law and that our existence online is relatively anonymous. Well, think again. While the law...
Evidence in Family Violence Intervention Orders In criminal law proceedings, complex rules of evidence can be the cause of lengthy legal argument. In contrast, in contested Family Violence Intervention Order Applications, Section 65 of the Family Violence Protect Act (‘the...
Written by Isabelle Skaburskis, Lawyer, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers Criminal law gives the government power to take away people’s liberty. It is also meant to curb and constrain this power. The power to detain in a liberal society is...
The article The role Victoria police play once a phone call is made about domestic violence is written by Kate Da Costa, Senior Associate, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. Kate is one of our senior associates and is part of...
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. Last Friday, a terrible incident occurred in our city and like everyone else who heard and saw it all unfold, it is hard to be unmoved by the tragic event. As...
Written by Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. On 18 March 2016 I heard Rob Franklin, Managing Director of Potts Lawyers, give a lecture on ethics as part of the 2016 ADLA conference. In addition to being Managing Director at Potts...
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. In “news” over the last 24 hours, the Herald Sun posted an article in which it is alleged that Victoria’s “Top Prosecutor” has called for urgent legal reforms as figures show...
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. We have been appearing at a large number of the case studies involved in this Royal Commission. This Royal Commission has been a fascinating, sometimes truly terrible, insight into both humanity...
