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2024 Doyle's Guide Top Criminal Defence Lawyers in Victoria

The Doyle's Guide annual rankings for lawyers have been announced, and we’re pleased to share that Stary Norton Halphen and our team of criminal lawyers have again been recognised as experts in the field.

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2022 Doyles Guide Top Criminal Defence Lawyers in Victoria

The Doyles Guide annual rankings for lawyers was recently announced, and we’re excited to share that Stary Norton Halphen and our team of criminal lawyers have received multiple rankings.

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Jason Roberts has conviction for Silk-Miller murders quashed; retrial ordered.

Mr Roberts’ solicitor, Simon Moodie, says that his client welcomes the decision of the Court, and looks forward to a fair trial. Given that there will be a re-trial he makes no further comment at this time.

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Victoria weighs judge-only trials as courts grind to a halt

Victoria is considering the introduction of judge-only trials to keep the wheels of justice turning through the COVID-19 crisis and avoid a massive backlog of cases that threatens to clog the courts for years after the pandemic has passed.

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Police target suspected whistleblowers in Helloworld Travel scandal

The Sydney Morning Herald, October 2019Victoria Police have initiated a criminal investigation into two people suspected of being whistleblowers who exposed how ‘Helloworld Travel’ gave free international flights to the family of Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann. Detectives attended the homes of two former Helloworld Travel members and sought to question them about whether they accessed the information.Rob Stary, representative of one of the former Helloworld Travel members, said “"This sort of police activity, intentionally or not, works to frighten future whistleblowers into staying silent about possible conduct the public deserves to know about".

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High Court to decide Akon Guode infanticide, murder sentence anomaly

The Sydney Morning Herald, October 2019“How do you punish someone who has committed two very different crimes at the same time? That's the dilemma before the High Court”. Simon Moodie of Stary Norton Halphen discusses the murder sentence anomaly on ABC Radio.

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Yang Hengjun: Fears increase for Australian writer isolated and shackled in Chinese jail

The Guardian, December 2019Dr Yang Hengjun is being pushed to confess to spying allegations that potentially carry the death penalty.Dr. Yang’s Australian defence lawyer and human rights advocate, Rob Stary, said Chinese officials were attempting to isolate Yang from the outside world.Another of Dr. Yang’s lawyers, Sarah Condon, stated: “We also understand that during interrogations, which are now taking place on a daily basis, that Dr Yang’s wrists and feet are being shackled. He is being interrogated in a repetitive fashion. Despite being incarcerated now for many, many months, Dr Yang continues to be denied access to his lawyers.”

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Families of Australian women and children detained in al-Hawl camp threaten court battle to be repatriated

The families of women and children detained in Syria are threatening to take the Federal Government to court, claiming it is legally obliged to repatriate Australian citizens since the fall of the Islamic State group.Eighteen women and children, including two newborn babies who are the youngest Australians detained in Syria, are involved in the proposed legal action.

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Killer's mum who tried to hire hitman deserves a 'measure of mercy', judge says

The elderly woman who helped her son try to cover up a murder by conspiring to kill a witness has walked free from custody, after a judge ruled she was just another victim of his manipulation.Maria Cardamone, 78, was sentenced to the 141 days already served in jail since her arrest in May for attempting to pervert the course of justice.

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Nene King's ex-housemate Colin Hahne found not guilty of defrauding former Woman's Day editor

The man accused of defrauding former Woman's Day editor Nene King out of tens of thousands of dollars has been found not guilty of all charges by a Victorian County Court.Colin Hahne was charged with 35 counts of theft, fraud and falsifying documents.

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Iraqi-born Australian avoids jail time over people smuggling

An Iraqi-born Australian has avoided jail time after being convicted of assisting people smuggling after helping relatives to come to Australia four years ago.Wasim Buka, 45, pleaded guilty to two charges of assisting people smuggling after helping his niece, her husband and another relative to reach Australia in late 2011 and early 2012.

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Harun Causevic, who had Anzac Day charge dropped, avoids conviction over knives

A young Melbourne man once accused of being involved in a terror plot planned for Anzac Day has avoided a conviction and further time in custody over weapons offences.Harun Causevic, 18, was arrested on April 18 with four other teenagers, in relation to an alleged plot to run down and behead a police officer at an Anzac Day service and then use the officer's gun on a shooting rampage.

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