Domestic Violence

The lawyers at Potts Lawyers are renowned for representing clients for domestic violence matters in Queensland and the Northern New South Wales Region. We act for clients facing domestic violence applications as well as those charged with criminal offences for breaching domestic violence orders.

Our client previously consented, on a without admissions basis, to a DVO being made against him after the breakdown of his marriage. Prior to the 2 year order expiring, the Aggrieved made an application to the court to extend the order for a further 5 years…

Our client was charged with contravening a domestic violence order (DVO). It was the first time he had ever been charged with a criminal offence. There was a DVO in place at the time naming his ex-wife as the Aggrieved and him as the Respondent…

Our client was charged with contravening a domestic violence order (DVO). This was his 7th charge for that offence. It was alleged the offending consisted of him making a number of unanswered calls to the Aggrieved, made the day prior to his last court appearance. On that last court date, he was convicted of a number of breaches…

Police issued a police protection notice to our client after receiving a complaint from his wife. It was alleged that he had taken photos of the private contents of her phone and shown the contents to other persons in her family. We made submissions to the Prosecution requesting that they discontinue the proceedings against our client. We made submissions highlighting the weaknesses in their case and noting that the Court could not be satisfied that a protection order (DVO) was necessary or desirable…

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