Knox Teacher Sting: Vigilante Legal Risks
The recent conviction of a Knox Grammar Teacher, exposes the tension within the legal system between community concern and unlawful vigilantilism.
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Our areas of practice include:
- Advice and defence of prosecutions by WorkCover
- Apprehended violence orders (AVOs)
- Assaults
- Bail Applications
- Breaches of State Acts involving licensing in various industries tax and other applications
- Confiscation of assets under both State and Federal Jurisdictions for proceeds of crime
- Corporations Act proceedings and ASIC prosecutions
- Customs Excise
- Drugs offences
- Fraud
- Manslaughter and Murder
- Tax Fraud
- Traffic offences
- Sentence Appeal
The firm maintains relationships with experienced criminal barristers who are able to conduct advocacy in any jurisdiction of the State or in any Federal Court as required by the client.
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