PETER MURPHY IS A SPECIALIST IN CRIMINAL LAW
While some lawyers may practise in a number of diverse areas including criminal law, Peter Murphy has been a specialist criminal lawyer since 1987.
Our firm offers the following services:
• We provide advice on pre-charge processes. This includes arrests, questioning, identification parades and forensic procedures. • We attend Sydney and suburban police stations and Australian Federal Police Headquarters. • We make and conduct applications under the Bail Act in Local, Children's, District and Supreme Courts including weekend bail hearings.
*We appear in all types of Children's Court and Local Court criminal matters including defended hearings, pleas and forensic procedure applications. • We appear in criminal trials in the District and Supreme Courts. • We lodge and conduct appeals in the District, Supreme (including the Court of Criminal Appeal) and High Courts.
• We appear in Traffic, Drink Driving and Driving License matters including Appeals in Local and District Courts. • We represent parties in Apprehended Violence Matters in Local and District Courts. • We represent clients at Coronial Inquests and Inquiries at Coroner's Courts. • We visit Sydney suburban gaols and can arrange for prisoners to be transported to Sydney for conferences and to take instructions where necessary. • We represent clients in NSW and Australian Crime Commission hearings including Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime hearings.
• We prepare and file Criminal Injuries and Victims Compensation Applications and represent clients at Appeals and Restitution hearings. • We represent prisoners at NSW Parole Board / Parole Authority hearings. • We represent witnesses at NSW Police Integrity Commission and Independent Commission Against Corruption hearings. • We represent clients charged with Centrelink offences in District and Local Courts.
If your matter requires a barrister’s assistance, we can help you choose appropriate counsel for your matter. We regularly consult, brief and instruct counsel from leading Barristers' Chambers in Sydney and Parramatta as well as the Public Defenders' Office.
Ask Peter Murphy a question.
YOU CAN CONTACT US 24 HOURS ON 0416026667
PETER MURPHY CRIMINAL LAW Suite 201 370 Pitt St SYDNEY NSW 2000
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