Domestic Violence

Recently Astor Legal appeared at Downing Centre Local Court in relation to a client charged with a number of domestic violence charges including Intentionally Choke, Common Assault, Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm and Stalk/Intimidate. Police alleged that our client had become engaged in a heated argument with his wife in the kitchen. This argument then […]

Our client is a 35-year-old father living in Zetland with his pregnant wife and 7-year-old child. He had recently completed a university degree in project management and was searching for work. Prior to finding a job he was charged with stalk/intimidate and destroy/damage property over an incident in the family home. Police alleged that our […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]