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I’ve been served a preliminary brief, what does this mean? What is a preliminary brief? A preliminary brief is essentially a group of documents that are compiled by Victoria Police, these documents are then served to the accused who has been charged with a criminal...

What is a Community Correction Order (‘CCO’)? A CCO is an order under the Sentencing Act 1991, and is often imposed as an alternative to imprisonment. Although a CCO is usually a form of punishment it is fundamentally different from a term of imprisonment, as it...