Domestic Violence

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If you have been charged with breach of a Domestic Violence order, you are wise to seek legal advice from our experienced defence solicitor.

Greenhalgh Pickard provides professional, expert advice and assistance relating to breaches of Domestic Violence orders (DVO’s). 

When you choose to put your trust in Greenhalgh Pickard you can rest assured that expert lawyers will address your matter with the utmost professionalism and confidentiality in order to achieve the best results for you.

Greenhalgh Pickard’s experienced criminal law solicitor, Braden Milburn, offers easy-to-understand, thorough advice you can count on.

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Domestic violence is a civil matter between two people in a relevant relationship that can take the form of:

If you have a DVO taken out against you because of any of the above points, you can be charged with breaching the DVO through any of the following actions:

(a) causing personal injury to a person or threatening to do so;

(b) coercing (forcing) a person to engage in sexual activity or attempting to do so;

(c) damaging a person’s property or threatening to do so;

(d) depriving a person of the person’s liberty or threatening to do so;

(e) threatening a person with the death or injury of the person, a child of the person, or someone else;

(f) threatening to commit suicide or self-harm so as to torment, intimidate or frighten the person to whom the behaviour is directed;

(g) causing or threatening to cause the death of, or injury to, an animal, whether or not the animal belongs to the person to whom the behaviour is directed, so as to control, dominate or coerce the person;

(h) unauthorised surveillance of a person (reading a person’s text messages, emails, internet history, social media or tracking a person through GPS);

(i) unlawfully stalking a person.

PENALTY

If you contravene a domestic violence order, the maximum penalty is 5 years imprisonment.

 Read our article to learn more about preventing a DVO breach and how to avoid criminal charges. 

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