Posts By: Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Downing Centre Court Flooding: What It Means for Your Case

Downing Centre Court

Shortly before 10 a.m. on Tuesday 17 June 2025, a burst water main inundated the lower levels of the Downing Centre Court in Sydney’s CBD.  The torrent knocked out electricity, IT networks, lifts and other critical infrastructure, forcing an immediate evacuation.  Two people were briefly trapped in lifts and the entire court complex which comprises… Read more »

Sydney Lawyer Fails in Attempt to Sue NSW Police Force for Malicious Prosecution

Malicious Prosecution

By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim In November 2019, then NSW police detective senior constable Jesse Porter received information from the NSW Sex Crimes Unit relating to a complaint lodged by a high-ranking police officer from another state. The complaint involved allegations that a Sydney lawyer aged in his fifties had sexually assaulted the high-ranking… Read more »

Despite Falling Crime Rates, Police Are Criminally Charging More People Than Ever Before

Crime graph

By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Rates of reported crime have been trending downwards in New South Wales for the past twenty years, yet this hasn’t resulted in the notorious backlog in criminal cases waiting to proceed having decreased, as, over the last decade or so, the New South Wales Police Force has been increasing… Read more »

Malicious Prosecution Does Not Apply to Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders

Malicious prosecution

By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Darren Rock commenced proceedings in the NSW District Court on 10 August 2020 against his wife Kim Henderson for malicious prosecution in respect of her having applied for a final apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO) and trespass, following he and their two kids returning home on 16 July 2019,… Read more »

Commonwealth Mental Illness Applications: A Wide Range of Treatment Options Are Available

Mental Illness defence

By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Former Optus employee Daniel Skapik was convicted on 14 November 2023, on two counts of unauthorised access of restricted data and one of unlawfully disclosing information, which both related to his having pried into the client account of Olivia Cameron, the partner of Joshua Wooton, and then providing Wooton,… Read more »