Leading Criminal Defence Lawyers in Canberra
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If you are accused of a criminal offence, you need a specialist criminal lawyer in your corner. With some of the most highly regarded lawyers in Canberra, our team of criminal lawyers will provide you with comprehensive, honest and strategic advice.
Criminal Law Canberra
As a leading criminal defence law firm in Canberra, ACT, Hugo Law Group is steadfast in utilising our wealth of expertise to defend your rights.
Criminal law in Australia is a vast area of the law, involving a diverse range of charges and procedures. Each charge involves its own set of circumstances that require careful consideration.
Combining our experience and understanding of criminal law with a tailored approach to each case, we are here to push your side of the story. As a distinguished team of criminal law specialists, we explore every avenue to construct a strong defence for any criminal charges you may be facing.
Confronting allegations or charges for a criminal offence can be an overwhelming and stressful time. Hugo Law Group Canberra serves as a helping hand during this challenging period, ensuring that you are well-informed about your case progression, your options in defending the matter, and what expectations you should have about the situation.
Our criminal defence lawyers in Canberra make regular appearances in court, and will bring for you the experience required to navigate the criminal law system and secure the most favourable outcome for you.
Canberra criminal law experts
Being accused of a crime in Canberra can be emotionally daunting, carrying potential repercussions for both the short and long term. Hugo Law Group is dedicated to offering strategic advice tailored to all potential sentencing outcomes, from fines to imprisonment.
Short-term consequences may involve good behaviour orders, fines, community service, or imprisonment, depending on the offence. In the long term, the recording of a criminal conviction can impact your life in a number of ways, such as restricting the places you are able to travel to, or limiting your career prospects.
Our experienced and comprehensive approach to criminal law is evident when engaging a lawyer from Canberra’s Hugo Law Group. We have accredited specialists in criminal law and we operate across a spectrum of criminal offences, including assault, dishonesty, firearms, murder, manslaughter, perjury, robbery, sexual assault, and more.
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The Hugo Law Group difference
Criminal charges can be complex and stressful. At Hugo Law Group Canberra, we provide both you all the information you need and the very best in legal representation, ensuring you understand the charges, burden of proof, and all available options.
Your life and future may be at stake, and understanding your unique situation is crucial. Combined with strategic advice, our commitment to defending your side of the story remains unwavering, whether you plead guilty or not guilty.
As experts in criminal law, our Canberra criminal defence lawyers have the experience and dedication required to guide you in defending the charge in court.
Canberra Criminal Law FAQs
Criminal law covers the only area of law where, if the allegation is proved, sentences of imprisonment and other highly punitive penalties or restrictions of liberty can be imposed by courts.
Criminal law can be contrasted with civil law where a breach may only involve civil fines and other consequences that do not involve a deprivation of liberty.
A criminal case is typically brought against an individual or company by or on behalf of the state, through police or the director of public prosecutions. In civil law, disputes will often be between parties and these parties can be individuals, companies, organisations and even governments.
Penalties for drug possession vary based on the quantity of the relevant drug, the maximum available penalty, the seriousness of the offence and an offender’s past history of criminal convictions, if any. Small quantities may result in cautions or warnings, while larger amounts can lead to fines or imprisonment.