Nicholas Vadasz LLB

Barrister & Solicitor

Criminal Law


Call 08 8231 4646

Experienced & Respected Criminal Lawyer in Adelaide

Nicholas Vadasz LLB has decades of experience as a Barrister & Solicitor specialising in criminal law and has a solid history of successful results in all types of crime. He appears as counsel at all South Australian judicial system levels, including the Supreme Court and the High Court of Australia.


The work he specialises in includes bail applications, trials, sentencing and appeals against conviction or sentence.

He has extensive experience in the full range of offences from theft to murder. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Drug trafficking
  • Assault 
  • Fraud
  • Firearms charges
  • Robbery
  • Driving offences 
  • Drink driving
  • Death by dangerous driving

Nicholas has an extensive depth of experience in criminal offences and a track record of positive outcomes for his clients. He is known and respected throughout the courts of South Australia and interstate, having represented accused persons in other Australian courts. 

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Favourable Outcomes

Nicholas Vadasz has a depth of experience in criminal law that surpasses most South Australian lawyers. He has a longstanding reputation for obtaining a winning outcome. He has defended clients in over 80 murder cases and appeared as counsel in over a hundred appeals. His level of experience is exceptional.

Defence Counsel

Nicholas not only takes instructions from clients and prepares their cases but can also undertake the counsel work. He appears daily in all levels of the courts, from Adelaide Magistrates Court through to the District Court and the Supreme Court, conducting trials before a judge and jury.

Criminal Appeals

Nicholas argues appeals in the Court of Criminal Appeal and the High Court of Australia. He has appeared in well over 100 appeals against sentence or conviction and has successfully represented clients where the Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed against the inadequacy of the sentence.

Please ring (08) 8231 4646 to discuss your legal issues.