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You’ve Been Served an Intervention Order…What Next?
If you have been served with an intervention order by a member of Victoria Police, you might feel confused and anxious. You may be shocked to realise that the intervention order has immediate effect. It may prevent you from returning home, contacting a loved one or...
Charges and Penalties for Drug Offences in Victoria
There is an array of drug offences in Victoria, ranging from the very minor drug possession and cultivation charges to the much more serious commercial and large commercial quantity drug trafficking, as well as the Commonwealth charges of drug importation. The nature...
The Key Differences Between a Criminal Lawyer and a Criminal Barrister
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...
Galbally Parker Named Leading Criminal Law Firm in Victoria
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 very proud...
Mandatory Sentencing: Jailing People Should Be Left to Judges, Not Politicians
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’...
The Final Phase of the Spent Conviction Scheme is here.
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 spent. The...
Quarantine For Prisoners in Victoria
If you have a loved one experiencing quarantine in custody, or you are preparing to go into custody, you will be wondering about quarantine for prisoners in Victoria. We have heard countless stories of confused messaging regarding quarantine for prisoners, differing...
Community Corrections Orders (CCO’s)
What is a Community Corrections Order (CCO)? A community corrections order (‘CCO’) is an order that allows you to serve your sentence in the community. In the hierarchy of sentencing options available to a Judge or Magistrate, a Community Corrections Order is a more...
What is Diversion? And, how can it help me?
Diversion is a process by which a person charged with a relatively low-level offence can avoid a criminal record by going through the Diversion Program. This program requires you to take responsibility for the offending but does not thereafter impose any criminal...