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Commonwealth Offences

If you are charged with any of the following Commonwealth offences, let our responsive team of experts manage your defence. Contact Nott and Co Lawyers. We are the most responsive criminal lawyers in NSW and will get you a straight answer in 24 hours. Best possible outcomes at best fixed fee prices.

Technology is in the DNA of Nott and Co Lawyers. Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Facetime, dictation software, and mobile phones are everyday tools that we use to keep costs down for our clients and ensure that our lawyers are accessible.

We have a network of barristers and solicitors from all fields of legal practice. We call upon them for our clients to make sure that legal issues are examined from all angles.

Cyber Crime

In Australia, the term ‘cybercrime’ is used to describe both:

  • crimes directed at computers or other information communications technologies (ICTs) (such as computer intrusions and denial of service attacks), and
  • crimes where computers or ICTs are an integral part of an offence (such as online fraud).

Document Containing Threat

You will be charged with this Commonwealth Offence if you send a letter or communications which threatens to harm or kill somebody. The penalties if convicted are severe.

Human Trafficking

We live in a global community and Australia’s fluid border control policy has made it a target for the illegal transfer of people.Human Trafficking is the physical transfer of a person within or across national borders, using coercion, threat or deception, to exploit that person when they reach their destination.

People Smuggling

The Commonwealth Offence of People Smuggling must involve an illegal border crossing. Human trafficking is different. Trafficking does not necessarily involve an illegal border crossing.

Terrorism

The Commonwealth Offence of Terrorism can occur when people, through complex cultural and social beliefs, may be compelled to act in ways that break the law. The laws sanctioning terrorist acts in Australia are severe.

Use Carriage Service To Menace

Mainly, this Commonwealth Offence occurs in the use of emails, text messages , phone calls and social media communications which are intended to menace or harass somebody.

Defences

  • Where you were suffering from a mental illness at the time of the offence (mental illness)
  • Where your conduct was necessary to prevent serious injury or danger (necessity)
  • Where someone threatened or coerced you into committing fraud (duress)

Defence Of Human Trafficking Charges

Full time imprisonment is an option open to the Courts, so the charge of Human Trafficking is a serious one. Nott and Co Lawyers will defend your rights if charged. Our experts can negotiate with police, seek to have facts amended, run a dispute facts hearing if required and provide you with a robust defence if you wish to plea not guilty.

We Will Respond Within 24hrs

If you are in trouble with the law, you need to get legal advice as soon as possible. The most important thing for Nott and Co Lawyers is to get back to you quickly.

Our commitment to anybody who reaches out to us is that we will be back in touch within 24hrs – personally and not via automated message.

People work around the clock these days and Nott and Co Lawyers always has the lights on to make sure that if you need us, you can find us.

Technology is in the DNA of Nott and Co Lawyers. Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Facetime, dictation software, and mobile phones are everyday tools that we use to keep costs down for our clients and ensure that our lawyers are accessible.

We have a network of barristers and solicitors from all fields of legal practice. We call upon them for our clients to make sure that legal issues are examined from all angles.

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