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If you have been arrested and you were not released, you will have a right to a bail hearing before a judge. It is important to know that your bail hearing is not your trial. Your bail hearing is not a time where it is decided if you are going to be found guilty or not guilty for the charges you are facing. A bail hearing is when it is determined if you should stay in custody or be released into the community while you are facing these charges. Contact What The Law today to hire an experienced bail hearing lawyer.

Why Bail May Be Denied

There are three reasons or “grounds” for why the court may not want to release you back into the community and keep you detained.

  1. The court believes you will not come to court when expected and there is a risk of you fleeing. Therefore, the court believes you must be detained to avoid this.
  2. The court believes there is a risk of you re-offending when released into the community or there is a risk of danger to public safety. It is in the court’s interest to detain you to protect the public as a whole.
  3. The administration of justice would be in disrepute if you were released, due to the seriousness of the charge or the circumstances regarding the offence. It is in the court’s interest to detain you to keep the public’s confidence in the justice system.

Rest assured, What The Law’s bail hearing lawyers have successfully represented clients ranging from all criminal charges who have faced all grounds of detention. We do not shy away from an uphill battle and we will work tirelessly to ensure our clients get released and get the justice they deserve.

As soon as an individual is charged and they are brought to the police station, they may not know until they are at the station that they are going to be held overnight for a bail hearing. You or your loved one may not have expected this and are now in this extremely stressful situation. At What The Law, we are available 24/7. We do not want our clients to spend another night in jail if they do not have to. It is not too late to call to get the representation you need by an experienced bail hearing lawyer. We have on several occasions spoken to clients’ loved ones the night before and successfully released their family members the next morning in court.

Now if the court decides to release you back into the community, the court may still consider what type of release or level of supervision you should be on. You may have a curfew and/or may have to be released under the supervision of a surety.

What is a Surety?

A surety’s responsibility is three-fold. The surety must make sure you attend court when required and they must make sure you abide by your bail conditions. If you break any of your bail conditions (which would be considered a ‘breach”) it is the surety’s responsibility to notify the police as soon as possible. A surety’s responsibility is extremely important. A surety will be asked to pledge money to the court to demonstrate they will make sure the accused person follows their bail conditions accordingly.

It is important to have a strong surety when you are trying to get released back into the community. The stronger your surety is, the more likely you will be released. As a surety, your age, your professional background and finances, your character and your relationship with the accused person, will all be looked at and called into question at the bail hearing. A surety can also not have any outstanding criminal charges. The court wants to make sure that if you are released back into the community, that you are released under the supervision of a suitable surety. One of our experienced bail hearing lawyers can advise you of who would be a suitable surety in your circumstance.

If you or a loved one is facing charges for a criminal offence, contact What The Law. Our criminal defence lawyers are experienced bail hearing lawyers and are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 
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