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October 14, 2016
Child Sex Offence - Criminal Lawyers Sydney - George Sten & Co

Child Sex Offence – Criminal Lawyers Sydney

Child Sex Offence - Introduction  Child sex offences in New South Wales, courts can impose severe penalties for sexual offences involving children. These penalties range from the most severe being full...
September 28, 2016
Drink Driving Lawyers Sydney - Criminal Lawyers George Sten and Co

High Range Drink Driving – Drink Driving Lawyers

High Range Drink Driving Introduction Drink driving is one of the most common offences dealt within the Local Courts of NSW. There is legislation in place that makes it an offence to drive under the...
July 25, 2016
Custodial Sentence - Criminal Lawyers Sydney George Sten & Co

Custodial Sentence – Criminal Lawyers Sydney

1. What is a custodial sentence? A custodial sentence is a judicial sentence that involves being imprisoned. Custodial sentencing is usually reserved for more serious crimes but each state has their own...
July 23, 2016
Maximum Penalties & Criminal Law - George Sten & Co

An introduction to maximum penalties and criminal law

A gauge as to the level of seriousness the legislature treats a criminal offence can be ascertained via the maximum penalty. To illustrate the point we can look to s 5(2)(a) of theSentencing Act 1991 (VIC)...
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