Rothesay Lawyers for Injury Claims and Criminal Defence

Rothesay is a town of about twelve thousand on the Kennebecasis with no courthouse of its own, so its cases are heard in Saint John. Mike Murphy Law Group takes injury claims and criminal charges from the town, and the Rothesay lawyers responsible sit in the Saint John office, a quarter hour along Route 1. The file runs remotely, and whenever a judge expects counsel in the courtroom, counsel is in the courtroom.

The Courts Hearing Rothesay Cases

Cases from Rothesay generally go to Saint John: the Provincial Court for criminal charges and the Court of King’s Bench, Saint John judicial district, for lawsuits filed under the province’s Judicature Act. Kings County has court sittings in Hampton as well, so the first thing checked on any summons is which building it actually names.

Two Years to Sue, and When the Two Years Start

An injury claim from Rothesay carries the same two-year limitation period as the rest of New Brunswick. The date it runs from is not always the date of the accident, because an injury that only becomes apparent later starts the limitation period when it was or should have been discovered, and a claimant under nineteen is treated differently again. That is why the date is worked out at intake instead of assumed.

Treatment records usually come from the Saint John Regional Hospital and your family doctor. A trip and fall outside a shop on Marr Road or an icy walkway near the Rothesay Common raises occupiers’ liability, and photographs taken early often decide those cases. Injuries on the Kennebecasis itself add a boating dimension, and the boat accident page covers how claims on the water differ.

How Rothesay Lawyers Defend a Charge

The Kennebecasis Regional Police Force covers Rothesay and Quispamsis both. If its officers charge you, identify yourself and then stop talking until you have counsel. Release conditions banning contact or driving can wreck a commuter’s week, and applying to vary them is often the first motion we bring. The assault and theft pages walk through the two patterns we defend most often in the valley.

Where a Rothesay File Is Held, and Who Attends Court

The file is held at the Saint John office. Counsel attends the Saint John Law Courts, or Hampton where the matter is listed there, and consents, retainers and updates travel by email and video call in between. Contact the firm or call.