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Mr Roberts’ solicitor, Simon Moodie, says that his client welcomes the decision of the Court, and looks forward to a fair trial. Given that there will be a re-trial he makes no further comment at this time.

Victorian AFL great Dani Laidley will have a drug charge dismissed if she writes a letter of thanks to police. The former North Melbourne coach was addressed as Ms Laidley after her lawyer Rob Stary explained his client had undergone a gender transition since her last appearance.

Western Bulldogs star Lachie Hunter has been fined $1000 and escaped conviction after he pleaded guilty to drink driving and failing to provide his details after a crash that damaged four cars earlier this year.

Victoria’s most experienced criminal law firm. Stary Norton Halphen are well equipped to assist those accused of sexual assault.

It is against the law not only to possess, traffick or cultivate a drug of dependence but also to have drugs in your system.

Stary Norton Halphen has been named as a First Tier Law Firm in the Doyle’s Guide 2020 listing of Leading Victorian Criminal Defence Law Firms.  

The Federation of Community Legal Centres and the Law Institute of Victoria have released a nine-point plan to reduce the number of people in Victoria’s prison system to protect Victorians from further outbreaks of COVID-19.                                                                                                Co-Chair of the LIV Criminal Law Section and Stary Norton Halphen's Nicole Spicer discusses how the pandemic has revealed many of the cracks in our society.

The operation of courts and the criminal justice system has dramatically changed due to COVID-19. However, the functioning of our justice system is essential to our everyday lives and courts cannot simply be closed. Therefore, the courts commenced using Cisco Webex Meeting.

Being caught driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) exceeding the legal limit is a very common offence in Victoria.If you are a first-time offender, over the age of 26 and your BAC is more than .05 but less than .069 the police have a discretion to issue a traffic infringement notice and cancel your licence for a period of three months. Generally speaking, though, when you are caught driving with a BAC that exceeds the legal limit you will be required to go to Court.  

The pandemic has shrunk Victoria’s prison population to a two-year low, with a reduction in crime and increased approval of bail applications arresting a 20-year trend of putting more people behind bars.Defence lawyers and justice reformers say the figures should be a “circuit breaker” to review government policies such as tight bail laws, which drove the growth in prisoner numbers before the COVID-19 crisis.

Victoria is considering the introduction of judge-only trials to keep the wheels of justice turning through the COVID-19 crisis and avoid a massive backlog of cases that threatens to clog the courts for years after the pandemic has passed.