Advisory & Consultancy

In every circumstance, our advisory and consultancy services are offered as guides to action, conduct, planning and strategy – whereby specific information is sought to provide more appropriate and effective legal services outside your practice area or business acumen. 

For example, if your business does not have the legal capabilities to design and implement certain policies, such as sexual harassment, office harassment or anti-bullying policies, our advisory and consultancy services can help to minimise your exposure to criminal liability. Or, as a law firm who does not practice in criminal law, our consultancy will enable you to offer current and future clients a wider tailored service base resulting in higher profitability and goodwill.

Through our consultancy services, we provide the qualitative Criminal Law advice and strategies that you need to assist in and apply to your respective client’s specific circumstances.

This effectively puts you in the most informed position possible for strategic workshops that lead to the best legal advice being provided to your respective client. Advice that has considered all possible avenues, strategies and defences that could be applied towards achieving the targeted result – as well as what merit you may have in defending the legal matter.

There are several factors that indicate overall ability to provide effective advisory and consultancy services. Essentially, you’re looking for a combination of post-admission experience, advocacy skillset, practicing fields, academic accolades, and finally, good character.

This means seeking a Criminal Law advisor or consultant with a minimum of six to eight years of post-admission experience working exclusively in Criminal Law in all jurisdictions (Local, District and Supreme Courts) and practicing fields across summary, indictable and appeal matters within all areas of crime (from traffic law to sexual assault, murder, drug offences and more).

Specialist Accreditation or similar academic accolades are a huge bonus, but ultimately should not be a deal breaker. You should also ensure that your Criminal Law advisor or consultant is of good character and capable of forming a strong connection with you.

All of this will provide you with the comfort and security of knowing that the person acting on your behalf is experienced in assisting to achieve the best result.

While nothing can ever be guaranteed, our advisory and consultancy services are strategically delivered to always achieve the best possible outcome based on the specific circumstances.

This comes down to experience, competence and practicing methods that allow us to lay the foundations for the best strategic course while remaining flexible in the face of ambiguities or certain factors beyond our control – such as the human nature of the jury, judge or magistrate presiding over the Criminal Law matter.

In such cases, a new best strategic course will then be set to deliver the new best possible outcome given the new set of circumstances.