Recent Cases

Astor Legal were successful in another licence appeal at Downing Centre Local Court. We appeared for a client who was facing a 3 month suspension for speeding over 30km/hr. Our client had an unenviable traffic record with over 50 previous offences listed. Despite this, we were able to persuade the Magistrate that he had a […]

Astor Legal appeared at Windsor Local Court for a young lady who was facing a 3 month suspension for multiple speeding offences. Our client had a number of infringements on her traffic record, even though she was still only a P1 licence holder. At Court the Magistrate dismissed a number of similar licence appeals for […]

Our team recently appeared at Mount Druitt Local Court for a defended Hearing on domestic violence charges. Our client was an elderly businessman who was facing two sets of domestic violence charges. The first set of charges involved using a carriage service to menace. The second set of charges included common assault and contravene AVO. […]

Our client is a 28-year-old woman who came to Australia from Tanzania on a partner visa. She had been with her partner for 5 years and the pair had been married for the last 3 years. Police had alleged that one evening, while she was at home with her partner she had stabbed him twice […]

Our client was a 25-year-old worker at a retail store. Six months after commencing employment she was charged with Larceny by clerk or servant offence pursuant to Section 156 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) relating to over $20,000 in stock and cash. Police alleged that over the course of many months our client had […]

Our client is a 38-year old taxi driver. He was charged with over 50 counts of ‘Dishonestly Obtain Financial Advantage by Deception’ under Section 192E of the Crimes Act 1900 (known as ‘fraud’). These charges each carry a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. Police alleged that our client was involved in a scheme whereby […]

Our client is 33 year old woman from Tumut. She had been struggling with mental health issues for some time. Between December 2012 and April 2016 it was alleged that she had committed a number of fraud related offences. The Police Facts stated that she had withdrawn almost $500,000 from her parents savings account and […]

Our client is 38 year old man who was born in New Zealand. He had struggled throughout his life with mental health issues. He had a lengthy criminal history for fraud offences. Indeed, he had previously spent a number of years in jail for fraud offences. We recently represented him in a District Court Trial […]

Our client is 38 year old man who was born in New Zealand. He had struggled throughout his life with mental health issues. He moved to Melbourne in his youth and lived there for most of his life before moving to a Tamworth in the 2010s. While in Melbourne he was charged with a number […]

Our client is a 35-year old registered nurse and recently became a mother. She was charged with Larceny (‘stealing’) and shoplifting. Police alleged that our client attended various high-end retail stores to steal items. She was captured on CCTV removing the price labels from various clothing items and placing them inside her handbag before leaving […]