Burglary and Assault charges defeated

Our client was a professional business woman who found herself in a toxic relationship which lead to allegations that she entered the home of her former partner and assaulted him. We approached the case by firstly identifying the weaknesses in the evidence on the charge of burglary and making a submission to the prosecution, which was accepted, to discontinue it. Secondly, we identified a strong defence of provocation on the assault charge and advised our client to proceed to trial. On the day of trial, the prosecution failed to procure the attendance of any witnesses and we successfully opposed their application to adjourn the trial. The charge was dismissed and our client awarded costs.