The purpose of this blog is to explain the summary offence procedure and to talk about how negotiations work with police during the procedure. Mention Hearing This is the initial stage of the procedure, and the Magistrate will ascertain where parties are at in...
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...