Recent Cases

Astor Legal last week appeared at Gosford Local Court for a 19-year-old man who was facing a 3 month suspension for exceeding his demerit points by a use mobile phone while driving offence. Our client was an apprentice electrician. He had recently taken out a loan to purchase a ute so that he could carry […]

Our client is a well-known media personality who is also a board member of a domestic violence charity. He was on holiday with his wife and two children in the NSW South Coast when an incident occurred between himself and his wife. Police were called to the scene. When they arrived they video recorded a […]

Our client is a 46 year old storeman from Sydney’s east. We appeared at Downing Centre District Court for a severity appeal in relation to his eighth drive while disqualified charge. This was compounded by the fact that our client had received an Intensive Corrections Order (ICO) and Home Detention Order for his last two […]

Our client is a 21 year old University student from Sydney’s eastern suburbs. At approximately 3pm on a weekday, our client was driving in the Sydney CBD. He was following a line of vehicles making a right turn on a green light, however there was no green arrow. A motorcyclist was travelling in the opposite […]

We appeared at Parramatta District Court for a severity appeal involving serious drug charges. This was compounded by the facts that our client had received a ‘Section 10’ good behaviour bond for the same charge within the last 2 years. In the Local Court our client had been represented by another firm and received a […]

Astor Legal appeared at Mudgee Local Court for a lady charged with Middle Range Drink Driving (0.140 reading) and Drive While Suspended. Our client was a 48-year-old military veteran who has been through a significant amount of trauma in her life. During her time with the military she developed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression and Alcohol […]

Astor Legal recently appeared at Parramatta Local Court for a 19-year-old man who was facing a 3 month suspension for exceeding his demerit points. Our client had committed a speeding over 45km/hr offence for which he had served a 6 month police suspension. At the time he was still only a P1 licence holder and […]

Astor Legal appeared in Coonabarabran Local Court recently. We were representing an indigenous client who has suffered a very difficult past few years. From his teenage years he had battled drug and alcohol addiction as well as mental illness. Today he was facing very serious charges including assault police officer in execution of duty causing […]

Recently, our senior lawyers were able to persuade a Magistrate at Parramatta Local Court to dismiss serious domestic violence charges against our client. Police had alleged that our client was trying to take money from his parents. When they refused to provide him with the money, it was alleged that he had attempted to choke […]

Our senior lawyers appeared at Blacktown Local Court recently to defend an indigenous client. Our client had three (3) charges of Contravene AVO dismissed today after we made a successful Section 32 Application. The breaches related to over 100 messages being sent by our client to the Person In Need of Protection over a short […]