Michael Carroll & Co advises and represents clients facing allegations of theft, burglary, fraud, criminal damage, and related property offences.
These matters can vary from relatively straightforward allegations to complex cases involving detailed evidence, disputed ownership, financial records, CCTV, witness accounts, digital material, or allegations involving multiple people. Whatever the circumstances, early legal advice is important.
The firm provides clear advice and representation from the first stage of an investigation through to police interview, court proceedings, trial preparation, sentencing, and appeal where appropriate.
The firm provides advice and representation in relation to allegations including:
Where a matter proceeds to court, the firm provides representation in the Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court where applicable.
Theft allegations may involve shops, employers, family members, businesses, vehicles, personal property, or financial assets. These cases often turn on issues such as intention, dishonesty, ownership, consent, mistake, or the circumstances in which the property was taken.
Michael Carroll & Co can advise on the evidence, the legal issues, and the possible outcomes, including police interviews, charging decisions, court proceedings, and alternatives to prosecution where appropriate.
Burglary is treated seriously by the courts, particularly where the allegation involves a home, business premises, repeat offending, or aggravating features.
The firm can advise on cases involving domestic burglary, commercial burglary, attempted burglary, handling allegations, joint enterprise issues, and disputes about identification or involvement.
Careful case preparation may involve reviewing CCTV, forensic evidence, phone evidence, witness accounts, location data, and police disclosure.
Fraud allegations can be complex and may involve financial records, business dealings, online transactions, benefit claims, bank accounts, employment issues, false representations, or allegations of dishonest conduct.
Michael Carroll & Co provides advice on fraud investigations and prosecutions, including police interviews, evidence review, disclosure, case strategy, and court representation.
Criminal damage cases may involve damage to homes, vehicles, business premises, public property, or personal belongings. These cases may raise issues of intention, recklessness, ownership, consent, value of damage, or whether the allegation is disputed.
The firm can advise on the evidence, possible defences, out-of-court disposals, court proceedings, and sentencing where required.
Legal advice should be obtained before speaking to the police or attending any interview. This applies following an arrest, voluntary interview request, or arranged police attendance.
Yes. A voluntary interview is a formal police interview, and anything said may be used as evidence. Legal advice should be obtained before attendance.
A solicitor should be contacted as early as possible, particularly before any police interview, charging decision, bail decision, court hearing, or response to prosecution evidence.
If advice is required in relation to theft, burglary, fraud, criminal damage, or another property offence, early contact is recommended.