by Galbally Parker | Oct 26, 2022
For most people, an Initial Consultation with a Criminal Defence Lawyer is the first time that they have come into contact with the criminal justice system. Most have usually never had to engage the services of a Criminal Defence Lawyer and do not know what to expect...
by Galbally Parker | Oct 24, 2022
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...
by Galbally Parker | Oct 12, 2022
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...
by Galbally Parker | Sep 30, 2022
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...
by Galbally Parker | Aug 23, 2022
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...
by Galbally Parker | Jul 19, 2022
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’...