We often encounter situations where a victim reports a matter to the police involving their spouse, parent, or child. However, after cooling down, they may not want further prosecution against them. So, what should the victim do in this instance? This scenario is commonly seen in intervention orders and family violence-related criminal matters. In such...Read More

Today, we will have a discuss about whether an IVO will affect your job and how long does an intervention order last. Just to refresh everyone’s memory, an Intervention Order is a court order designed to protect a person from another person’s harmful behaviour. This could be due to violence, threats, harassment, property damage, or...Read More

We get asked a lot what’s difference between conviction, non-conviction, proven dismissal and diversion. Relevantly they’re all to do with how an outcome in a criminal court is or is not recorded. A lot of people get confused because non-convictions proven dismissals still show up in your police certificate. The reason for that is because...Read More