We are specialist Criminal Defence and Bail Solicitors covering the Barnsley, Doncaster, Sheffield and Scunthorpe areas.
At the same time we also provide a nationwide coverage both through our own inhouse team and our associates dotted around the country. Whilst we are usually paid via the Legal Aid mechanism we can also provide advice on privately paid work. Being arrested, or the prospect of being arrested, is a daunting thought.
We understand that and try to appreciate your situation from the onset. We offer free consultations and will try our best to help. We provide a 7 day a week, 24 hour a day, service and in general terms we can provide support on a range of matters including;
Animal Cruelty
Assault
Asbo's
Benefit Fraud
Blackmail
Burglary
Child Neglect
Computer Crime
Criminal Damage
Dangerous Dogs Offences
Domestic Violence
Drugs Offences
Firearms
Fraud
Motoring and Speeding matters
Murder
Theft
Threatening Behaviour
Public Order
Rape and Sexual Offences
Additionally we can help companies who are facing questions regards Organised Crime, Money Laundering, Seizure of assets, Health & Safety investigations, Hygiene offences and Corporate manslaughter.
The Johnson Partnership
Please note, GV Hale is now part of The Johnson Partnership.
We specialise in dealing with Criminal Defence matters throughout the country and can arrange representation where ever you find yourself....
We don't just represent our Barnsley, Doncaster, Scunthorpe & Sheffield clients !
Whether yours is a criminal, fraud, violent crime or bail matter we can help.
A 19-year-old driver who struck a pedestrian after inhaling nitrous oxide behind the wheel has been jailed.
Louisa Tunstall was filmed using the substance—commonly known as laughing gas—via a balloon while driving her Fiat 500 in Wigan in May last year. Moments later, she lost control and veered onto the pavement, hitting a 51-year-old woman and leaving her with serious leg injuries.
Nerys Bethan Lloyd, 39, the owner of a paddleboarding company, has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison after admitting to four counts of gross negligence manslaughter. The charges stem from the deaths of Paul O'Dwyer, 42, Andrea Powell, 41, Morgan Rogers, 24, and Nicola Wheatley, 40, who drowned during a paddleboarding excursion on the River Cleddau in Haverfordwest, south-west Wales.
A British couple who discovered an illegal migrant hiding under a bike-rack cover on their motorhome after returning from a holiday in France have been fined £1,500.
Adrian and Joanne Fenton had just arrived home in Heybridge, Essex, when they found the stowaway—a Sudanese national—concealed at the rear of their vehicle. Despite immediately reporting the discovery to authorities, the couple, both in their 50s, were later fined by the Home Office for failing to "check that no clandestine entrant was concealed in the vehicle."