Technically, ‘criminal lawyer’ is a broad term that covers both criminal solicitors and criminal barristers. However, when most people think of a criminal lawyer, they think about a criminal solicitor, as opposed to a criminal barrister. Criminal solicitors work...
This year’s Doyle’s Guide has been released and we are thrilled that, for the fourth year running, we have been voted a Leading Criminal Law Firm in Victoria. Our Principal, Ruth Parker, has also been named as a Leading Criminal Lawyer in Victoria. We are...
Authored by Thomas Bell, Senior Associate at Galbally Parker Lawyers Over the past ten years or so, the Victorian Government of the day has slowly, but surely, passed laws that restrict the sentencing discretion of judges and magistrates. In 2014, the ‘one-punch’...
As of 1 July 2022, the final phase of the spent conviction scheme came into effect. This allows individuals with serious convictions, who have completed the relevant ‘conviction free period’, to apply to the Magistrates’ Court to have the conviction...
For many people, their first interaction with the criminal justice system will be their only interaction. Often their matters resolve as a Plea and every accused person wants to make every effort to prepare and present the best possible Plea. They also want to know...
