If you have been arrested or believe you are being investigated, you need legal representation before you do or say anything. Call lawyer Vanessa Ash immediately.

Your rights and obligations when you are arrested

1. Provide your name and address truthfully.
2. Cooperate with police, and do not resist arrest. Try to stay calm. The worst is ahead.
3. As soon as is practicable, ask to use a telephone to call us at Vanessa Ash and Associates to get a lawyer for legal advice – you need to know what to do next by someone who is on your side.
4. Ask the police why you are being arrested.
5. Do NOT make a statement or sign any documents at any time, including during police interviews at the police station.
6. Do NOT talk to the arresting officer about what you may have or may not have done, as all conversations are very much on the record.

Note: This information is not a substitute for legal advice from a lawyer, and won’t be appropriate for every scenario. You should use your legal right to a lawyer, and call Vanessa Ash immediately.

We can help if you have been arrested for or charged with: 

Drug Cases

• Trafficking
• Drug use/using drugs
• Possess drugs
• Cultivating
• Possessing
• Clandestine laboratories, meth labs

Assault & Domestic Violence

• Assault
• Assault with a weapon
• Intentionally causing serious injury
• Threat to kill
• Intervention orders

Sexual Offences

• Indecent assault
• Rape
• Sexual assault
• Indecent exposure
• Incest
• Sexual penetration of a child under 16

Firearms & Weapons

• Possess a firearm
• Unregistered firearms
• Possess a longarm
• Prohibited person in possession of a firearm

Theft & Fraud

• Shoplifting
• Theft from employer
• Bank fraud
• Centrelink fraud
• Obtaining property by deception

Traffic Offences

• Drink driving
• Drug driving
• Speeding
• Driving while disqualified
• Driving while suspended
• Unlicensed driving

Homicide & Culpable Driving

• Murder
• Manslaughter
• Culpable driving
• Defensive homicide
• Negligent manslaughter

Bail Applications

• Magistrates Court
• County Court
• Revocation of bail
• Conditions of bail
• Reporting to police

More criminal charges we can represent you against

Write your own story. Call Vanessa Ash and Associates today.