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Police strip-searched me and found drugs: Am I guilty?

Can police legally strip-search you while at a music festival? If drugs are found, does that mean the search was lawful? These questions have become highly relevant recently as strip searches at festivals have attracted legal ramifications. Historically, festivals have been a hotspot for police drug operations. With courts finding many searches unlawful, understanding how […]

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Wrongfully accused of sexual assault? It happens.

Wrongfully accused of sexual assault Whilst rarely spoken about, false accusations of sexual assault do happen. They are not insignificant, or an anomaly and they matter. Even if the accused person is found not guilty, being wrongfully accused of a sexual assault can destroy their life. From lasting psychological damage, loss of employment or career

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Appeal a licence suspension due to double demerit points long weekend

Driver’s licence suspension appeal lawyers You’re not alone if you received a licence suspension this double demerit Easter long weekend.  Double demerit points were in place from 14 April to 18 April 2022.  That meant that if you were caught committing a certain traffic offence during this period, you would have or will receive double

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Gel Blaster charge dropped NSW, misleading advertising blamed

A young Sydney man faced charges of illegally acquiring and possessing prohibited firearms after purchasing a ‘gel blaster’ online.    Criminal Lawyer Joseph Correy recently represented an 18-year-old Sydney man who was charged with the criminal offence of possessing prohibited firearms after purchasing a ‘gel blaster’ online.  The young man purchased the gel blaster gun after

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Falsely accused? What to do if this happens to you

Falsely accused of a crime you didn’t commit? Falsely accused of a crime?  There is no greater injustice than being found guilty of a crime that you didn’t commit. Unfortunately, innocent people are falsely accused and charged with crimes they didn’t commit every day. They may be identified by a victim incorrectly, police investigations go

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Festival Season Special: How do we stop deaths at festivals?

By criminal lawyer Joseph Harb. Mr Harb is a specialist drug lawyer whose results include securing non-convictions for supply of 560 ecstasy tablets and possession of 88 ecstasy tablets at festivals in Sydney. This article is written on the pretence that police cannot prosecute young people to the point that drug taking is eradicated from

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Festival Season Special: NYE 1999 – The Year When Police Praised Ecstasy Users

By criminal lawyer Joseph Harb. Mr Harb is a specialist drug lawyer whose results include securing non-convictions for supply of 560 ecstasy tablets and possession of 88 ecstasy tablets at festivals in Sydney. It was the dawn of the millennium and the biggest New Year’s Eve party that Sydney had ever seen. Ecstasy and MDMA

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Festival Season Special: Why are more people dying at festivals?

By criminal lawyer Joseph Harb. Mr Harb is a specialist drug lawyer whose results include securing non-convictions for supply of 560 ecstasy tablets and possession of 88 ecstasy tablets at festivals in Sydney. Ecstasy has been used by revellers at raves and festivals in Sydney for almost 30 years, but rather than its use becoming

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