LegaL Services

Quality Legal Advice

Emma's goal is to help her clients negotiate their way through their criminal charges and gain the best possible outcome for them. She understands that being in the criminal justice system can be a stressful and lengthy process for many people and aims to minimise that stress for her clients, all the while ensuring they are given a high standard of advice.

You can expect realistic advice on challenges to the evidence, prospects for a successful defence, trial tactics, alternative options to trial such as diversion or a discharge without conviction and advice on any likely sentence. Emma produces high quality written submissions and is a strong advocate in Court.

Emma accepts private instructions directly or through a solicitor. She is categorised for all criminal Legal Aid work including Parole Board and Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

Areas of work

Emma accepts instructions throughout New Zealand on all criminal matters, ranging from:

• seeking diversion from police;

• bail applications;

• discharge without conviction applications;

• applications for name suppression;

• Judge alone trials;

• Jury trials;

• Parole Board hearings;

• Appeals.

Emma has experience in dealing with all types of criminal allegations including driving offences, fraud, serious violence, supplying and importing controlled drugs, sex offences, human trafficking, manslaughter and murder.