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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 […]

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 […]