Client avoids jail term for serious assault charge

Our client was a young man in his 20s, employed as a civil engineer with no prior convictions and facing a term of immediate imprisonment following a serious assault and injuries requiring surgical intervention on a drunken night out. We advised our client, who was extremely remorseful for his behaviour, to plead guilty to the charge. We articulated persuasive sentencing submissions which resulted in the imposition of a fine payable to the victim of the assault and a suspended term of imprisonment.