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Sean
Hardy is a Melbourne Barrister with 15
years experience in criminal
law.
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Sean
P. Hardy LL.B.
B.A.
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Sean
Hardy has been successfully
fighting criminal charges since
1991. He defends all types of
criminal charges including drug
trafficking, drug cultivation, use
and possession offences, assault,
theft, fraud, road traffic offences,
breaches of intervention orders,
firearms and other weapons offences.
Solicitors
regularly brief Sean Hardy to
represent their clients at court,
particularly when clients wish to
defend charges. He also appears in
appeals against conviction. Many
solicitors rely on Sean Hardy's
expertise to help them provide their
clients with accurate, up-to-date
and strategic advice. He ensures all
clients are pleased with the service
they get from him and from their
solicitors.
Sean
Hardy regularly appears in court on
behalf of clients who wish to
plead guilty. Pleading guilty
can reduce the risk of receiving a
harsh penalty as well as reduce
legal expenses. However, it is
essential to eliminate the
possibility that a defendant might
have a good defence before entering
a plea of guilty. He has appeared in
jury trials in the County Court, and
had experience in a wide range of
defences including defence of mental
illness and insanity.
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For
criminal matters listed in the
Magistrates Court, Sean Hardy can now
act directly for clients without any
need for a referral from a solicitor.
Clients can often save money by
engaging experienced counsel directly,
without having to engage a solicitor as
well. He is skilled at obtaining the
best outcome in difficult situations by
ensuring the most appropriate facts are
presented to the court. Defendant's can
avoid jail by securing suspended
sentences or community work.
Defendant's
who wish to plead guilty in the
Magistrates Court should expect to
incur total legal costs from as little
as $600.00 in respect of a simple
summary charge (or cases of mandatory
licence loss), from $800.00 in cases
were a drivers licence is at risk of
being suspended, from $1,000.00 were
the defendant has been released on bail
or is at risk of imprisonment, and from
$1,200.00 in matters where the
defendant is being held in custody. The
cost of a case is a factor of the time
and effort involved, and this is
directly affected by: the number and
nature of the charges, the type of
witnesses that may be called to give
evidence, the location of the court,
the ease with which instructions can be
obtained (whether the client speaks
English and can attend a conference),
the number of prior convictions of the
defendant and other
variables.
Any
person requiring a barrister to appear
on their behalf in a criminal matter,
whether it be to attend a police
interview, to defend a charge or to
plead guilty in order to avoid jail or
licence loss should get
legal
advice
and avoid a disappointing outcome in
their case.
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