2025
Aggravated robbery
District Court NSW
Acquittal after a four-day trial. Identification challenged on the basis of unreliable in-dock recognition and absence of corroborative CCTV.
Results
What outcomes look like.
A representative sample, anonymised. Past results are a guide to the work, not a prediction. Every brief turns on its own facts and its own evidence.
Past results are not a prediction. Every brief turns on its own facts. Anonymised outcomes follow. Names, dates beyond the year, and identifying details have been altered or omitted to preserve client confidentiality.
Indictable matters
Trials and pre-trial outcomes.
Indictable trials and pre-trial outcomes. Anonymised. Each result was determined on the particular facts and is not a guide to any future matter.
2024
Assault occasioning grievous bodily harm
Supreme Court ACT
Withdrawn on the morning of trial. Late expert review undermined the prosecution’s case on causation.
2024
Manslaughter (led junior)
Supreme Court NSW
Plea to a lesser charge accepted following a written submission on Crown case strength.
Sexual offences
Trials, no-bills, and discontinuances.
Sex offence outcomes. Anonymised. Identifying details have been altered or omitted to preserve complainant and client confidentiality.
2025
Historical sexual assault
District Court NSW
Discontinued after pre-trial argument on the admissibility of complaint evidence and tendency material.
2024
Sexual touching
Local Court NSW
Acquittal. CCTV obtained on subpoena contradicted complainant’s account of timing and movement.
2023
Aggravated indecent act
ACT Magistrates Court
Crown election to no-bill following representations on identification and inconsistency in complaint.
Drug matters
State and Commonwealth.
State and Commonwealth drug outcomes. Anonymised. Sentencing outcomes vary substantially with quantity, role and prior record.
2025
Supply prohibited drug, indictable quantity
District Court NSW
Charge withdrawn after exclusion of intercept material following challenge under section 138 of the Evidence Act.
2024
Possess commercial quantity controlled drug
Supreme Court ACT
Plea entered after early conferral with the CDPP and successful application for an Intensive Correction Order.
Fraud and white-collar
Pre-charge and trial.
Fraud and white-collar outcomes. Anonymised. The complexity and volume of fraud briefs varies widely; reading time on the brief is the largest single driver of cost.
2025
ASIC investigation, director conduct
Pre-charge
No charges laid. Early written response and structured production conference resolved the matter without proceedings.
2024
Dishonest obtain financial advantage by deception
Local Court NSW
Two of four charges withdrawn. Plea to remaining charges with a section 10 dismissal on the lesser, recognisance on the principal.
Family violence
Order proceedings and parallel charges.
Family violence and AVO outcomes. Anonymised. The firm acts for accused persons only.
2025
Final FVO contested, related common assault
ACT Magistrates Court
Order refused, charge discontinued, no admission entered in either proceeding.
2024
Breach AVO, contact charge
Local Court NSW
Charge dismissed on a section 14 application following a careful explanation of context and care arrangements.
Appeals
Conviction and sentence.
Appellate outcomes. Anonymised. Conviction and sentence appeals turn on the trial record and on the specific ground reasoned in the notice of appeal.
2025
Sentence appeal, drug supply
CCA NSW
Sentence reduced; non-parole period reduced from three years to twenty months.
2024
Conviction appeal, sexual touching
ACT Supreme Court
Appeal upheld; conviction quashed; verdict of acquittal entered.
Local Court outcomes
Summary criminal matters · an anonymised stream.
Anonymised outcomes from the firm's matter set. Client names are omitted, dates beyond the year are removed, and identifying details have been altered to preserve confidentiality. Past results are a guide to the work, not a prediction of any future matter.
| Year | Court | Charge | Detail | Mode | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Downing Centre Local | Low-range PCA | 0.063 | Plea | s 10(1)(b) CRO 9 months, no conviction, no disqualification |
| 2024 | Hornsby Local | Low-range PCA | 0.054 | Plea | s 10(1)(b) CRO 6 months, no fine, no disqualification |
| 2023 | Parramatta Local | Low-range PCA | 0.071 | Plea | CRO with conviction, 3-month disqualification, $300 fine |
| 2024 | Wollongong Local | Low-range PCA | 0.069 · 2nd offence | Plea | CRO with conviction, 6-month disqualification, $700 fine |
| 2024 | Sutherland Local | Low-range PCA | 0.058 | Plea | s 10(1)(b) CRO 12 months, TOIP completion ordered |
| 2023 | Manly Local | Low-range PCA | 0.067 | Plea | s 10(1)(b) CRO 9 months, no conviction |
| 2024 | Burwood Local | Low-range PCA | 0.061 | Severity appeal · District Court | Local Court fine and disqualification substituted with s 10(1)(b) CRO on appeal |
| 2023 | Newtown Local | Low-range PCA | 0.077 | Plea | CRO with conviction, minimum 3-month disqualification, $500 fine |
| 2024 | Waverley Local | Low-range PCA | 0.055 | Plea | s 10(1)(b) CRO 6 months, no conviction, no disqualification |
| 2024 | Downing Centre Local | Mid-range PCA | 0.094 | Plea | CRO with conviction, 3-month initial disqualification, interlock 12 months |
| 2024 | Parramatta Local | Mid-range PCA | 0.121 | Plea | CRO with conviction, 6-month initial disqualification, interlock 12 months, $700 fine |
| 2023 | Wollongong Local | Mid-range PCA | 0.087 | Plea | s 10(1)(b) CRO 18 months, no conviction (low end of band, TOIP completed) |
No matters match the current filter.
Names, dates, and identifying details have been altered or omitted to protect client confidentiality. Outcomes are indicative only and are not a promise about your matter.
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