Bridgewater Lawyers for Injury and Criminal Cases

Bridgewater is the service town for the South Shore, and its courthouse and its regional hospital both draw from a long way down the coast. Bridgewater lawyers from Mike Murphy Law Group cover Lunenburg County from the firm’s Halifax office, an hour up Highway 103, and run injury claims and criminal charges by video, phone and email until something needs doing in person.

Lunenburg County’s Courthouse Is in Bridgewater

The justice centre on High Street in Bridgewater hosts the Provincial Court, and the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia sits there for Lunenburg County, so neither a charge nor a lawsuit from Bridgewater needs to travel. Charges from Mahone Bay, Lunenburg and the LaHave communities are called there as well.

What Bridgewater Lawyers Take on From the South Shore

A Nova Scotia injury claim generally must be started within two years under the Limitation of Actions Act, and the start date is confirmed before anything else is planned. South Shore Regional Hospital in Bridgewater is the main source of treatment records for a local file. A dog bite claim adds owner identification and municipal animal control records to the usual medical proof, and both are easier to get early. Winter collisions on Highway 103 also turn on road maintenance records, which are requested before they age out of the contractor’s retention.

Criminal Defence at the Bridgewater Court

Bridgewater maintains its own police service, with RCMP detachments covering the rest of the county. The Crown’s disclosure is read in full before any position is taken on a charge, and release conditions are reviewed in the first week. For clients in the coastal fishery, where a conviction can complicate a licence, the consequences beyond sentence are part of the defence plan from the start. Nova Scotia’s impaired driving (DUI) and drug charges pages set out the specifics.

Who Makes the Drive on a Bridgewater File

The file is run from the Halifax office, and when a Bridgewater appearance is needed, counsel drives down Highway 103. Nothing in the file requires you to make the reverse trip: the retainer and the records consents are handled from home. Contact the firm or call.