Character Reference for Court
What is a Character Reference? A character reference is a letter that assists in providing more of an insight into a person’s personal circumstances. It emphasises a person’s good behaviour…
Police Searches in Victoria
Understanding your rights during police searches in Victoria is crucial for safeguarding your freedoms and ensuring proper legal processes are followed. Police have the authority to conduct searches under specific…
Victoria Firearms and Control of Weapons (Machetes) Amendment Bill 2024
The majority of the Firearms and Control of Weapons (Machetes) Amendment Bill 2024 (Vic) focuses on expanding the authority of Victoria Police to serve firearm prohibition orders (‘orders’). Additionally, the…
Victoria’s New Non-fatal Strangulation Laws
Two New Strangulation Offences Effective from 13th October 2024, the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) will include two additional offences. The offence of non-fatal strangulation involves the intentional act by an…
How to Prepare for a WebEx Court Hearing
As we move away from pandemic restrictions and lockdowns, we’ve begun to slowly live with and adjust to Covid-19 as part of our daily lives. This has meant that the…
Patrick W. Dwyer
Slades and Parsons acquired the Practice of Patrick W Dwyer Criminal Law in October 2019, shortly after his tragic passing. Patrick’s practice was located on High Street, Northcote. Slades and…
Criminal Lawyers Servicing Northcote
Northcote Criminal Lawyers – Slades & Parsons and Patrick W. Dwyer In October of 2019, we acquired the practice of Patrick W. Dwyer Barristers and Solicitors in Northcote after…
Spent Convictions and the The Spent Convictions Act
The Victorian parliament has implemented a spent convictions scheme with the recent introduction of the Spent Convictions Act 2021 (‘The Act’). The scheme implements a number of ways in which…
What is the main objective of criminal law?
Criminal law aims to identify, acknowledge, punish and educate the greater community and would-be offenders about the consequences of their actions through the criminal justice system. The five key purposes…
Congratulations Louis Dean
Our office congratulates Mr Louis Dean on the successful completion of his Criminal Law Accredited Specialisation Exam. The Law Institute Victoria runs the Accredited Specialisation program to recognise lawyers who…
Impact of COVID-19 in custody
Our client, charged with Trafficking Drugs of Dependence in a Commercial Quantity, Handling Stolen Goods and Dealing with Proceeds of Crime, had been remanded in custody following an unsuccessful bail…
COVID-19 impacts: Court Delays and Bail
The spread of the Covid-19 virus has been such that it seems inevitable that at some point, an infected person will be remanded in custody and an outbreak in…