Recent Results

June
DVO - Charge Withdrawn
Aegis Law Group sent a submission (written argument) to the Queensland Police Service seeking to discontinue a contravention of a domestic violence charge. There were two reasons why it should have been discontinued. The first concerned whether or not our client had actually breached the order, and the second was that the our client was charged out-of-time. The Queensland Police Service have a duty to charge certain offences within a certain timeframe. As this did not occur, the charge was discontinued.
June
Drug Trafficking - No Imprisonment
Aegis Law Group represented a young person at the Supreme Court in Brisbane for drug trafficking in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 drugs. There were both aggravating and mitigating features. This person received 18 months imprisonment, wholly suspended for an operation period of two years, and a concurrent period of probation was imposed.
June
DVO - No Conviction Recorded
Aegis Law Group appeared at a sentence for an offence concerning contravention of a domestic violence order (aggravated offence). An aggravated offence is a second offence within five years and also increases the maximum penalty from three years to five years imprisonment. The offence included control and physical elements, which made the offence more serious. However, there were also mitigating features which were demonstrated at sentence. The Court having considered the submissions from both parties, imposed 12 months probation and no conviction was recorded.
May
Aiding and Abetting
Aegis Law Group assisted a client who was charged with “aiding and abetting” where the primary person responsible had received significant terms of actual imprisonment. The offending concerned domestic violence. The Court having considered the nature and seriousness of domestic violence, but also having taken into account several mitigating circumstances, imposed a wholly suspended term of imprisonment.
May
Worker’s Licence Approved
Aegis Law Group assisted a client who had a mid-range drink driving charge. This charge results in an immediate disqualification pending the final court hearing. We made two applications which were successful. The first concerned a section 79E licence (temporary worker’s licence) pending the final hearing. The second occurred at sentence, when we were successful with the section 87 licence (final worker’s licence). This allowed our client to continue working and place themselves in a position where they could afford the interlock licence which is required following sentence.
April
DVO - Successful Trial
Aegis Law Group successfully challenged the application to vary a domestic violence order and the application was dismissed. The conditions sought to restrict access to their child. Mr O’Brien from the firm appeared as solicitor advocate and the applicant was represented by a barrister.
April
DVO - Successful Negotiations
Aegis Law Group successfully challenged an application for a domestic violence order through negotiations. We had argued that the order would not be “necessary or desirable” in circumstances where the parties have had limited communications and live a considerable distance away from one another. The proved to be a more cost effective exercise as opposed to proceeding to trial.
April
Breach of Suspended Sentence
A client was charged with possessing dangerous drugs and driving whilst unlicensed which breached a suspended sentence. The dangerous drug charges were discontinued following a submission which concerned “occupier’s liability” and we proceeded to sentence on the driving charge. This was like offending to which place the client on the suspended sentence previously. We were successful in keeping the client out of custody. However, as the Court had to deal with the suspended sentence, they imposed immediate parole release.
April
DVO - Charge Withdrawn
A client was charged with breaching a domestic violence order, which concerned contact and approach conditions. A submission was provided to indicate that it was near impossible to prevent the Aggrieved from contacting and/or approaching him. We provided documents which supported this and ran a public interest argument. The charge was discontinued.
March
Breaches of Previous Court Orders
A client had committed an offence of dangerous driving whilst on parole. The client was sentenced to this offence, and the Court imposed a term of imprisonment which was wholly suspended. Within six months of this offence, he committed another driving offence, whereby he had driven whilst disqualified by a Court order. The Magistrate having listened to the submissions had given the client immediate parole release and he walked out of Court.
March
Indecent Exposure and Utensils - No Conviction Recorded
A client was charged with possessing utensils, possessing property alleged to have been stolen (stealing offences), and indecent exposure, an offence which would draw attention to the other charges. The stealing offences were discontinued, the indecent exposure offence was downgraded to wilful exposure which reduced the penalty to two penalty units, and at sentence, the client received a fine and no conviction was recorded.
February
Failing to Give Way - Discontinued
A client was charged with failing to give way which resulted in significant injuries. We had argued that it was an accident and it would have been impossible to prevent the accident, based on the evidence provided by the Queensland Police Service. The charge was, after seeking trial directions, discontinued.
February
Failing to Give Way - Discontinued
A client was charged with failing to give way which resulted in significant injuries. We had argued that it was an accident and it would have been impossible to prevent the accident, based on the evidence provided by the Queensland Police Service. The charge was, after seeking trial directions, discontinued.
February
DVO, Wilful Damage, Obstruct Police - Discontinued/No Conviction Recorded
A client was charged with contravening a domestic violence order, obstructing police, and wilful damage. We were instructed to prepare a mental health defence and proceed to hearing. The caveat was that alcohol and/or intoxication do not work with a mental health defence. The obstruct police and wilful damage charged were discontinued through negotiation and the domestic violence order offence proceeded as a sentence, no conviction was recorded.
January
DVO and Significant History - Bail Granted
A client arrested and denied bail for a DVO breach due to his criminal history, involving like offending and dangerous drugs. We applied to the Magistrates Court for bail the following day and the client was granted bail. The argument made was that he would be at risk of serving too much time if not granted bail.

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