Jasper Fogerty Lawyers practice in all areas of criminal law, including:

• Stealing;
• Fraud;
• Money Laundering;
• Tax Evasion and other Offences;
• Rape;
• Indecent dealing of a child;
• Unlawful carnal knowledge;
• Sexual assault;
• Possessing Child Exploitation Material;
• Common assault;
• Assault Occasioning Bodily Harm;
• Grievous Bodily Harm;
• Wounding;
• Burglary;
• Arson;
• Murder and Attempted Murder;
• Wilful damage;
• Graffiti offences;
• Computer Hacking;
• Stalking;
• Commonwealth Offences;
• Proceeds of Crime;
• Animal Cruelty and Regulatory Prosecutions;
• Domestic Violence Offences;
• Possess Dangerous Drugs;
• Supply Dangerous Drugs;
• Trafficking in Dangerous Drugs;
• Producing Dangerous Drugs;
• Steroids and other illicit performance enhancing drugs;
• Synthetics and emerging online drugs markets;
• Proceeds of crime confiscations proceedings;

Criminal offences in Queensland are contained in a number of different pieces of legislation including -

• The Criminal Code
• Drugs Misuse Act
• Police Powers and Responsibilities Act
• Summary Offences Act
• Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act
• Peace and Good Behaviour Act

There are also Commonwealth criminal offences that are contained within the Commonwealth Criminal Code.

Queensland has three courts that hear and determine criminal and regulatory offences. They are –

• Magistrates Court – summary and regulatory offences and some indictable offences
• District Court – indictable offences punishable by up to 20 year imprisonment
• Supreme Court – indictable offences punishable by more than 20 years