Offences: Application to vary DVO (extend order)
Solicitor: Erin Mitchell
Court: Southport Magistrates Court
Date: 2018
Police Application for a Protection Order (Police Protection Notice)
Case Study Overview:
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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Ultimately, they accepted our submissions and withdrew the application. The temporary protection order against our client was cancelled and our client can now move on, without a protection order against him.