Bannisters Lawyers

We practice in all areas of criminal law including defending charges of murder, manslaughter, drug supply, drug manufacture, importing, robbery, sexual assault, assaults, firearms offences, fraud and dishonesty, property offences, traffic matters including dangerous and negligent driving occasioning death or GBH, appearances before the NSW Crime Commission in all jurisdictions including the District Court, Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeal, Local Court, Drug Court, Children's Court, Victims Compensation Tribunal and elsewhere.
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Bannisters Lawyers is a Sydney based law firm practising in criminal law. All members of the Bannisters Lawyers team are experienced lawyers who work only in the area of criminal law, and across all jurisdictions from the Local Court to the High court in defended hearings, trials, sentence hearings, appeals, and other matters. We work extensively in serious crime and are members of the Legal Aid Serious Crime and Legal Aid General Crime panels.

We are passionate about protecting the rights of an accused against the police, DPP and other prosecuting authorities

The matters we appear in include:

Arrests
Bail applications
DUI and PCA’s (drink and drive offences)
Other traffic matters
State drug offences including manufacture /supply
Commonwealth drug importation matters
Other commonwealth crime including social Security fraud
Assaults
Apprehended violence orders (AVO’s)
Break and enter, robbery, stealing, dishonesty offences
Firearms /prohibited weapons offences, and objections to firearm prohibition orders
Fraud and white collar crime
Local Court hearings
District Court trials
Supreme Court trials (murder)
Appearances before the NSW Crime Commission / Australian Crime Commission
Appeals against Local Court decisions
Appeals against conviction and /or sentence from the District Court
Appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeal
Appeal to the High Court of Australia
Licence Appeals
If you feel that you have been wrongly convicted or the sentence imposed upon you was unfair, we can represent you in an appeal against that decision to ensure that your matter is resolved fairly and a just outcome is reached for you.

The solicitors at Bannisters Lawyers can also appear for you in matters heard before the State Parole Authority and the Mental Health Review Tribunal.