Assault

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 is a 45-year-old man who is self-employed. One night our client had a verbal argument his wife. She called the Police and alleged that our client had pulled her hair and smashed her phone. Our client denied pulling her hair but agreed that he had smashed her phone. He also told us that […]

Our client is a 37-year-old Aboriginal man heavily involved in politics. His niece’s boyfriend assaulted her with a baseball bat. It was alleged that when our client found this out, he – along with another man – located the boyfriend and attacked him with a baseball bat. The alleged victim suffered two fractures to his […]

Our client is a 22-year-old law student from Sydney’s Northern Beaches. He was out one night with four friends and walking down the ‘Corso’ at Manly. Police alleged that he and his friends began an altercation with another group of five men and that our client ‘king hit’ someone. The alleged victim suffered a fractured […]

Our client is a 19-year-old man who had attended licensed premises with 2 friends. He had consumed a number of alcoholic beverages throughout the night. In the early hours of the morning a group of males began a verbal argument with our client and his friends. This argument escalated to a melee involving 8 people. […]

Our client is a 22-year-old professional rugby player. He was in the Sydney CBD with 3 friends. While walking out of ‘The Star’ he was attempting to hail a taxi. The driver refused to allow our client into the taxi and began verbally abusing our client. Our client and a friend approached the driver side […]

Our client is a 25-year-old man who had been in a relationship with his female partner for 3 years. One night our client had a verbal argument with her at their apartment where she accused him of cheating on him. The argument escalated and she attempted to slap him, threw her phone at him and […]

Our client is a 28-year-old IT professional from the United Kingdom. He was in Australia as part of his work contract. He had an argument with his partner who called Police. As a result, he was charged with common assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The Police facts sheet alleged that he threw her […]