subject: Criminal Lawyers For Fighting Assault Charges [print this page] Spousal Assault or domestic assault charges can be difficult to defend without the aid of an experienced criminal lawyer. A good criminal defence lawyer offers legal services for defending criminal charges of varying degrees and for different nature of crime.
There are two types of lawyers serving the courts of law. Civil lawyers offer representation only for civil cases including wills, property, claims, damages, trespassing etc. Whereas, criminal lawyers represent individuals charged of criminal offences inclusive of assault (both domestic and spousal), drug abuse, impaired driving, Driving under Influence (DUI), fraud, theft, robbery etc.
The second type of lawyers offers services for varied criminal offences. In case of spousal assault, lawyers who have years of experience and understand the complexities of such cases offer legal advice and services accordingly.
In such cases, where a spouse or a partner assaults the other partner or there is domestic violence complained by the victim or the neighbor (s), then criminal charges for spousal assault or domestic assault charges are files against the accused. The victim may or may not be the complainant. There are many cases where a neighbor or a relative complains of domestic assault in a household and informs the police of the same.
Therefore, whether the victim complains or not, a domestic or spousal assault case is registered against the accused. Spousal assault cases are an expensive affair for both the parties and demand each of the two to live separately during the trial period. It is a financial burden of both parties to live separately. Hence, experienced criminal lawyers lay impetus on negotiations and stress on the role of counsel in such cases.
John Buchanan is a Vancouver-based criminal defence lawyer with over 25 years of experience in the criminal law services. He has served clients for over the years with professional legal advice on numerable criminal cases including assault charges, impaired driving, theft, fraud, robbery, drug abuse, communication for the purpose of prostitution etc.
