Dec 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Kolani Lam had been convicted in the Supreme Court of Samoa of the murder of his wife by strangulation inside their house, assaulting his stepdaughter and interfering with a witness following a judge alone trial in 2019. Matt and Ciara were instructed on an appeal...
Jun 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
KP plead guilty to 11 charges, with the most serious being injuring with intent to injure and burglary. KP accepted a sentence indication of 3.5 years imprisonment. However, prior to sentencing KP removed his EM Bail bracelet, absconded and was later re-arrested and...
May 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Matt and Ciara were prepared to start a 3 week jury retrial at Auckland District Court for LK charged with theft from her employer (x 3). The trial was adjourned as the Court had only allocated 2 weeks of hearing time. We have filed an application for a permanent stay...
May 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Matt and Ciara appeared at Auckland District Court in October 2021 on a pre-trial challenge to a search warrant executed at DN’s home. We contended that insufficient information was contained in the application for a search warrant to enable the issuing officer to...
Apr 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Matt successfully obtained a discharge without conviction for YK, who was originally charged with blackmail and dishonestly accessing a computer system at Auckland District Court. The judge accepted the offending was at the lower end, expert reports showed she was...
Apr 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ciara appeared at North Shore District Court for our client, BH who was charged with discharge and possession of a firearm. The Police accepted there was insufficient evidence to obtain a conviction and sought to withdraw both charges pursuant to s 146 of the Criminal...
