Portugal: A better approach to illicit drug harm?
Written by Bill Doogue, Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. Not a week goes by without a report of a drug overdose or some other drug-related harm. Given the public attention received by illicit...
View ArticleChanges to laws for registered sex offenders
Written by Josh Taaffe, Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. There have been a number of changes to both Commonwealth and Victorian Sex Offender registry laws that impact upon persons with...
View ArticleSharing intimate images without consent: What law applies in Victoria?
Written by Bill Doogue, Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. The non-consensual sharing of intimate images (sometime referred to as ‘revenge porn’ or ‘image-based abuse’) is a unique crime for the...
View ArticleVictorian Drug Inquiry makes positive recommendations to manage drug-related...
Written by Kristina Kothrakis, Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. Late last month the Victorian Inquiry into Drug Law Reform released its report on a various drug-related issues in Victoria....
View ArticleADLA Conference 2018 – Ensuring your Sense of Self – Jerome Doraisamy
Each year ADLA hold a conference to share resources and knowledge specific to the practice of criminal law. This year, our hosts Nyman Gibson Miralis invited our firm along with member firms, one from...
View ArticleHow can you travel overseas when you are on the Sex Offender Register?
Written by Bill Doogue, Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. We have just acted in a matter for a client who wanted to travel overseas while listed on the Sex Offender Register. Recent legislative...
View ArticleRemoval of CCOs for certain offences in Victoria: Another step backwards
The Andrews government has announced changes to Victoria’s sentencing laws that would remove the ability for offenders to receive a community corrections orders (CCOs) for certain offences. The change...
View ArticleADLA Conference 2018 – Judicial Bullying by His Honour Justice Peter Hamill SC
Each year ADLA hold a conference to share resources and knowledge specific to the practice of criminal law. This year, our hosts Nyman Gibson Miralis invited our firm along with member firms, one from...
View ArticleComplicity in children’s matters
Written by Tyson Manicolo, Lawyer, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. In the time that I have been appearing in the Children’s Court, something has given me pause on more than one occasion. Regarding...
View ArticleThe art of argument
Written by Alex Turner, Lawyer, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers Arguing is part of our daily lives, it is something that quite often happens inadvertently. You are probably arguing right now with the...
View ArticleVictoria, the toughest state on drink driving?
Written by Shaun Pascoe, Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. You may have heard that harsher drink and drug driving laws have been introduced in Victoria and will take effect as of April 30 2018...
View ArticleWhy a ‘soft’ approach is often better for young offenders
Written by Bill Doogue, Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. To kick off Victoria’s first ever Youth Week the Andrews Government has announced more police resources to help throw young people in...
View ArticleWorking with Children Checks
Written by Shaun Pascoe and Dee Giannopoulos, Lawyer, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers In all Australian States the law requires all individuals aspiring to work directly, or indirectly in child-related...
View ArticleProposed Serious Offenders Bill is an insult to the rule of law
The Andrews Labor Government has just announced a proposed extension of Victoria’s already draconian post-sentence preventative supervision and detention regime to include ‘serious violent offenders’....
View ArticleANZ Bank facing cartel prosecution
Written by Andrew George. Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. In the Age today, there was an article about the ANZ Bank and ANZ Group Treasurer Rick Moscati being charged for being “knowingly...
View ArticleVictoria’s new standard sentencing scheme and sexual offences
Written by Bill Doogue, Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. Sentencing decisions in Victoria will now be impacted by a ‘standard sentencing scheme’ which constrains judicial discretion when...
View ArticleSex Offender Registration Exemption Order
Written by Josh Taaffe, Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. Being on the register makes it near impossible to imagine where I’ll be in the future, it affects every choice I will make and not just...
View ArticleDNA and the Sex Offender Registry
Written by Bill Doogue, Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. You have possibly heard in recent news about Victorian Police being granted powers to collect DNA and fingerprints from people on the...
View ArticleRegistered Sex Offender Overseas Travel Applications
Written by Jessica Clothier, Lawyer, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. My elderly mother was unwell and I wanted to visit her. She lives overseas and I’m on the Register, so I submitted a travel...
View ArticleThe benefit of undergoing drug treatment before pleading guilty
Written by Tyson Manicolo, Lawyer, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. It is widely known that there is an alarming correlation between crime and illicit drug use. Here, I’d like to address the...
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