Geoff Harrison
Criminal Lawyer in Parramatta

Having worked for the nsw and federal police, geoff has also worked as a senior legal officer for the commonwealth department of public prosecutions. Geoff harrison is a barrister practising at the nsw bar in sydney with extensive experience in criminal law, dui and traffic offences, drug matters and apprehended violence orders (avos).

Goff is a criminal barrister with an immense amount of experience in criminal law spanning over two decades, which began after joining the MSW Police in 1994. He has the experience and proven track record you need in a criminal defense barrister, and he currently resides in Sydney, MSW. Goff’s determination to be an accomplished and respected lawyer is demonstrated by over a dozen qualifications that include, Master of Criminology, Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, and a Master of Laws to name impartial a few. After a successful career as a police prosecutor, Goff became a senior criminal lawyer for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CD PP). Goff has appeared in all criminal jurisdictions on many matters ranging in complexity. Very few people comprehend the law from both sides of the courtroom. Behind many years as a police officer and a prosecutor, Goff was called to the prohibit in 2008. Now as a criminal defense barrister, he defends people charged with seemingly minor offenses such as drink driving, to more solemn crimes such as robbery, large drug matters and murder. You can interrogate for aid over the phone or via email Goff can also come to you, fair question and he will travel to your home to discuss your legal problem.

Goff Harrison is a criminal defense lawyer that works to get the best plausible outcome for his clients. While a solicitor can appear in court on behalf of their client, a barrister is considered a specialist in court work. 5 The insider trading sentences were made concurrent with one another, as were the tipping sentences. These later trades were made based on the information the applicant received about trades Orion calculated to make in the equivalent stock. If I saw that Orion needed to trade in a stock and that may have a material impact on the price of the stock, then I would trade for myself personally and then trade out of the position when I thought it was good for my personal best interests. There are elements of Mr Hartman’s approach to his work in share trading that are closely akin to gambling. He reiterated that the applicant had also provided information and assistance in relation to further matters in which it was not alleged the applicant had any involvement. 46 The Courts have said on many occasions that general deterrence is of notable significance in relation to white collar crime. It appears that the Sentencing Judge accepted that the offender had been suffering from a psychiatric illness as the medical reports had indicated, and that it was related to the gambling and illegal trading. This discount was encourage to be 10 per cent in relation to the sentence for the tipping offenses to which his offer to give evidence related. Had it not been for that situation, it appears that his honor would have accepted that the applicant was fully rehabilitated. 60 In relation to grounds 1 and 2, the complaint is made first that no discount was applied to the insider trading sentences to reflect any aspect of the applicant’s previous assistance to authorities. Mr Hartman had a major depressive disorder of several years' duration at the time. From another perspective, the addictive behavior of both Mr Hartman’s illegal trading activities and his gambling can be viewed as coping strategies to deal with dysphoric feelings and mood states associated with depression. However, we consider that the sentencing Judge was right in recognizing that a sentence of fulltime imprisonment was good in the present matter. In that decision the Chief Judge had discussed the accepted principle of sentencing that general deterrence should often be given very little weight in the case of an offender suffering from a mental disorder or abnormality on the basis that such an offender could not to be regarded as an appropriate lenient for making an example to others. We do not consider in the present matter that they are suitable and important in that way. 97 The assistance and cooperation provided by the applicant to BASIC was and is abundant in the offer matter. We have also taken into account the former assistance given in relation to the investigation by BASIC into conceivable offenses committed by another person. Those factors were taken into account by the sentencing judge, as R S Hume A has explained in detail, and I respectfully agree with his honor’s conclusion that the ultimate sentence imposed was within the range unfold to the sentencing judge. Whether the offending involved a course of conduct and. 148 In his honor’s remarks on sentence he observed that he was pleased that assistance offered by the Applicant to of