If you are charged with an offence that requires you to go to court, it is essential that you obtain advice from a criminal law lawyer as soon as possible. At Prudentia Legal, we act for clients that have a small speeding fine to assault charges and the more serious indictable offences; we even act for people charged under ‘white collar crime.’ It is paramount that you obtain legal advice before the Court hearing and often, we are able to heavily reduce the penalties involved, if not defend the charges or strike out the claim for technicalities.
We are able to assist you in summary offences and also indictable offences, some of which include:
Why hire a criminal lawyer then?
When a person is arrested or is under investigation for a criminal offence of some sort, it can be difficult to know what to do. The arresting officer may have convinced you that there is no hope of avoiding a conviction. The criminal charges you face may be so serious that you feel there’s no way to avoid years or even life in prison. That is why It is important to remember that you always have options. With a competent criminal defence lawyer at your side, you can always fight your charges.
Prudentia Legal has an excellent history in obtaining bail for our clients in the Magistrates, County/District and Supreme Courts. We prepare thoroughly and routinely consider options that other practitioners might not.
If you have a close relative or friend who requires a bail application to be made on their behalf, you or someone you know in custody, we can help. We can attend to you while in remand, as well as appear on your behalf to apply for bail. We have a detailed knowledge of the process, which will help ensure your application passes through the system smoothly.
We have run hundreds of bail applications and understand the emotional impact associated with having a loved one locked up without notice.
Before the Court passes sentence, you or your lawyer will be given an opportunity to speak. This is called presenting a plea in mitigation.
Did you know that a convicted person can have a lawyer make submissions on that person’s behalf to try to obtain the minimum sentence possible in the circumstances? If you are represented by a lawyer, your pleas can be presented in an experienced, unemotional and persuasive manner and we believe this offers you the best chance of receiving a minimal sentence.
A “plea in mitigation” is an opportunity to provide information that will help you when the court is deciding on the appropriate sentence. The objective of the plea in mitigation is to persuade the Court to provide the most lenient possible sentence it can be reasonably expected to give for that offence.
Therefore, if you have gotten yourself into a little bit of trouble lately and you don’t know what to do, then give Prudentia Legal a call to see if we can help.
If you are contesting a charge, that is pleading not guilty to an indictable, whether it be on a factual basis or technicality, your case will eventually be determined in a trial.
The consequences for criminal law are generally non-financial and instead, they generally affect your livelihood as person. These consequences may include incarceration, restraint from certain people or places, convictions against your name which may affect your future and other penalties. Money is able to buy a lot of things; however, it cannot buy time. Think about this; you have committed an offence and face a consequence of potentially 3 years in jail or spend a little money and heavily reduce that, if not, obtaining a better result such as no jail time. The results that come from a lawyer are incomparable to what you are able to do yourself. Therefore, it is prudent to obtain legal advice in relation to your criminal matters.
Contact Prudentia Legal immediately if you have been charged with a criminal offence. Prudentia Legal may assist defending you in Court. We often think of options such as using expert witnesses, drawing knowledge from experts in their respective fields, using top barristers and using our top notch investigative skills. We also look at the laws carefully and may investigate into the elements of your offence to find some sort of technicality issue. Therefore, contact Prudentia if you are charged with an offence.
At Prudentia Legal, we may run matters to the end. An individual who has been convicted of a crime may “appeal” his or her case, asking a higher court to review certain aspects of the case for legal error, as to either the conviction itself or the sentence imposed. If you are unhappy with the results that you have obtained from a court, then you may come visit Prudentia Legal.
If you visit Prudentia Legal, as a matter of good practice we always provide our opinion as to whether our clients should appeal against a conviction and/or sentence. If you require an appeal against a decision by a Court, then you will need to act fast as for most cases there are certain timeframes to lodge the appeal.
