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ADLA Conference 2016: A new member’s perspective
Written by Alice Smith, Solicitor, Doogue O’Brien George. Last month I was fortunate to attend the most highly anticipated weekend of a criminal defence lawyers’ year – the ADLA conference weekend. […]
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Ethics For Criminal Lawyers
Written by Rowan Slattery, Solicitor Doogue O’Brien George Defence Lawyers. On 18 March 2016 I heard Rob Franklin, Managing Director of Potts Lawyers, give a lecture on ethics as part of […]
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Legal Professional Privilege
Written by Andrew George. Partner, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers. It was noted recently by the chief justice of New South Wales that there was a real threat to professional legal...
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Becoming a Trial Lawyer
Written by Josh Taaffe. Partner, in-house counsel & Accredited Specialist, Doogue & O’Brien Criminal Defence Lawyers As specialists in the field of criminal law, we approach our role as defence...
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Synthetics – A Proven Difficult Prosecution
Written by Dee Giannopoulos, Solicitor Doogue O’Brien George defence lawyers. As part of the ADLA conference, we were presented with a case study by Josh Taaffe & Cameron Browne. The matter […]
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Rehabilitation & Support – Literacy Programs in Prisons
Written by Sophie Stafford, solicitor, Doogue O’Brien George defence lawyers. As lawyers, we are competent, social, high level language users. We are comfortable thinking on our feet; processing oral...
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ASIC Investigations and Prosecutions
Written by Andrew George. Partner, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers. Recently, our firm invited Anthony Lewis of the Victorian Bar to present a talk about ASIC investigations and...
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Managing Long Jury trials
Written by Hester Kelly, solicitor, Doogue O’Brien George defence lawyers. Justice Stephen Estcourt began his ADLA conference presentation with the observation that jury trials in Australia seem to be...
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Finding Justice on Appeal
Written by Josh Taaffe. Partner, in-house counsel & Accredited Specialist, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers When it comes to defence law, there is no black and white. Shades of grey...
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Appearing Before Anti-Corruption Bodies
Written by Amelia Ramsay, Solicitor Doogue O’Brien George Defence Lawyers. The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) is the body established to investigate and expose corruption and...
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No Comment Interviews
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers. We were speaking among ourselves in the office recently about the types of police interviews that clients end up giving...
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Women And Mentoring
Written by Alice Smith, Solicitor, Doogue O’Brien George. Working as a criminal defence lawyer is not just about helping people with their legal issues. People who are charged with criminal offences...
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Issues in the practice of defending sexual allegations – Previous...
Written by Dee Giannopoulos. Solicitor, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers. As defence lawyers, we regularly prepare and appear in trials involving allegations of a sexual nature. A crucial...
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Child Pornography. The Traps You Can Fall Into.
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers. For those with little understanding of the law in relation to possession of child pornography, there are a number of...
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Defending Rape Charges. The Devil is in the Details.
Written by Josh Taaffe. Partner, in-house counsel & Accredited Specialist, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers Our client was on trial for rape. His career, his family and many years of...
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Genesis of Robot Lawyers
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers. Robot Lawyers is live at www.robot-lawyers.com.au The genesis of the robot lawyer concept was a legal practice...
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Robot Lawyers
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers. We are very proud to launch Robot Lawyers. The official launch will be by Ben Carroll MLA, Parliamentary Secretary for...
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Bourke St, Bail and Blame
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers. Last Friday, a terrible incident occurred in our city and like everyone else who heard and saw it all unfold, it is hard...
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Bail or Bust
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers. The issue of bail and night court is still running in the media since the tragic events unfolded in Bourke Street where...
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Peter Hollingworth and the Royal Commission
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue O’Brien George Criminal Defence Lawyers. Now that the Royal commission has tabled its reports in Parliament, I feel compelled to voice my opinion about how Peter...
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