Our client was granted bail in a challenging criminal matter involving an extensive criminal history spanning approximately 50 pages and three existing sets of bail for unrelated alleged offences, including drug supply and assault.

The client faced further serious allegations, including assaulting a police officer in the execution of their duty by choking, common assault and resisting arrest. Given the client’s extensive history, existing bail commitments and the nature of the new allegations, the application presented a significant hurdle under the show cause provisions of the Bail Act. Despite these considerable challenges, our team successfully advanced submissions to demonstrate why our client’s continued detention was not justified, securing bail in circumstances where the application was particularly difficult.

This result highlights the importance of strategic preparation, detailed consideration of the individual circumstances and persuasive advocacy in complex bail applications, even where the prosecution opposes release.