A Good Mentor
Written by Kate Da Costa, Senior Associate, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers Having managed to complete a law degree without ever having the intention or desire to be a lawyer, early one March morning some years ago, I found myself...
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by Staging 4 · Published Updated July 14, 2020 · Last modified Updated May 25, 2021
Written by Kate Da Costa, Senior Associate, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers Having managed to complete a law degree without ever having the intention or desire to be a lawyer, early one March morning some years ago, I found myself...
Criminal Law / Family Violence
by Sandy A · Published Updated March 5, 2019 · Last modified Updated February 9, 2022
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...
by Sandy A · Published Updated April 30, 2013 · Last modified Updated May 25, 2021
Given the amount of interest in the last blog about the new drug laws in Queensland we asked Fiona Patten to explain further how the drug laws have been amended and the effect of this amendment. Last week, Australia’s vaguest...
by Sandy A · Published Updated August 27, 2012 · Last modified Updated May 25, 2021
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers Last week I attended a plea for a client who was charged with failing to notify the Sex Offender Registry that he had changed work places. Now, let’s rewind the...
Currently, Victoria does not have a regime for spent convictions. If a person attends their Court to answer a criminal offence and pleads guilty or is found guilty, that person will have a record of their court appearance which can...
Criminal Law / Practice and Procedure
by Sandy A · Published Updated May 24, 2012 · Last modified Updated May 25, 2021
It will, from time to time, occur that a client currently serving a sentence will come before the Courts to be sentenced on a separate and unrelated matter (or matters), whilst in custody. And that is when the issue will...
Corporate Crime / Criminal Law
by Sandy A · Published Updated March 21, 2012 · Last modified Updated April 14, 2022
Cuckoo Smurfing and Emu Bobbing – Crimes you can’t say with a straight face While money laundering is not the sexiest or most interesting crime you could write about, it has produced some of the best names for crimes I’ve...