James Jackson is the principal of James Jackson Criminal Defence and is an experienced criminal defence lawyer with 16 years of trial and appellate experience in criminal law. James has extensive experience as trial counsel in serious cases including high level drug trafficking, historical sexual offending, organized crime and serious assaults.
The firm handles all criminal matters, from summary cases in the Magistrates Court to Supreme Court murder trials and appeals. Since its establishment in 2021, the firm has consistently achieved outstanding results. This includes:
• Numerous not guilty verdicts in District Court jury trials including in lengthy sexual assault trials;
• Countless favourable sentences;
• Many successfully negotiated matters resulting in discontinued or downgraded charges; &
• A number of successful bail applications.
• Multiple acquittals in District Court sexual offence jury trials;
• Acquittal of a bouncer charged with grievous bodily harm in the District Court;
• Achievement of a conditional suspended imprisonment order in a historical sexual offence case, and a successful remittal of the matter to the Children’s Court jurisdiction in the same case where the accused’s age was uncertain;
• Successful appeal to the Supreme Court against the refusal to impose a spent conviction, and an excessive fine and costs award;
• Admitted to practice in 2008; &
• Member of the Law Society of Western Australia, and Criminal Lawyers’ Association
Awarded Criminal Lawyers Perth 2024
James Jackson
Michael Perrella
Mark Andrews
Catherine Dowling
