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Doogue O’Brien George is one of Victoria’s largest defence firms.

Established in 1995, partners Bill Doogue and Conor O’Brien were both acting for the Aboriginal Legal Service in the early 1990s as criminal lawyers when they decided to start a firm that specialized in criminal law. For more information, please contact us. DOOGUE O’BRIEN GEORGE TRAFFIC LAWYERS, Level 5 221 queen St, Melbourne Vic 3000, Ph: (03) 9670 5111, Fax: (03) 9351 1566, www.traffic-lawyers-melbourne.com.au

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Doogue O’Brien George is one of Victoria’s largest defence firms.

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  1. CULPABLE DRIVING

  2. About Doogue O’Brien George Doogue O’Brien George is one of Victoria’s largest defence firms. Established in 1995, partners Bill Doogue and Conor O’Brien were both acting for the Aboriginal Legal Service in the early 1990s as criminal lawyers when they decided to start a firm that specialized in criminal law.

  3. culpable driving Culpable driving causing death is an extremely serious offence if you are found guilty you serve a lengthy prison term. This type of charge is heard in the County Court. This charge is generally laid in situations where a person, by the culpable driving of a motor vehicle, causes the death of another person. A person drives a motor vehicle culpably if they drive the motor vehicle is driven in a form listed in the section. In essence to prove this charge the Prosecutor must prove that the accused drove a motor vehicle, and was the driver of the motor vehicle which was driven culpably in a form listed in the section.

  4. possible defenses • Honest and Reasonable Mistake of Belief • Necessity • Impossibility • Lack of Intent • Charges are Statute Barred • Intoxication • Sudden or Extraordinary Emergency • Factual Dispute/Beyond Reasonable Doubt

  5. penalties • Community Corrections Order • Term of Imprisonment

  6. contact us DOOGUE O’BRIEN GEORGE TRAFFIC LAWYERS Melbourne Lvl 5 221 Queen StMelbourne, VIC 3000Ph: (03) 9670 5111Fax: (03) 9351 1566 Visit: Traffic-lawyers-melbourne.com.au

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