CASE STUDIES

SUSPENDED DRIVING - (Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court) - A man drove during a period of suspension to drop off his daughter at sport training. He was aware of the suspension, but chose to drive. He was a small business owner in professional services. His license was very important to him, so was avoiding a conviction. He received a $1000 fine without conviction and no further loss of license. A great result.

SUSPENDED DRIVING - (Ringwood Magistrates’ Court) - Our client was charged with driving on a suspended license, which can carry a jail term of up to 2 years and a further loss of license. After a misreading the demerit point correspondence, our client was fined $500, no jail, no conviction and no loss of license. A very happy and relieved client.

DRINK DRIVING - (Ringwood Magistrates’ Court) - We had a client who had been charged with drink driving. He had a single vehicle crash. He left the scene on foot before the police arrived, but was blood tested at the hospital later that night. We were able to get the blood test excluded and the drink driving charge was withdrawn. We were able to negotiate this on the first day of court. Our client was a tradesman and was facing a 12 month licence cancellation if we didn’t win.

SUSPENDED DRIVING - (Melbourne Magistrates’ Court) - A client came to us with a suspended driving case. After examining her documents, we were able to determine that there was an error in the paperwork that VicRoads sent out. The client hadn't been able to work it out. We negotiated with the police and had the suspended driving charge withdrawn. We managed this in only one court appearance. Having the best representation can avoid getting a record and let you keep your licence.

SUSPENDED DRIVING - (Ringwood Magistrates’ Court) We had a client with two drive disqualified charges. He was caught one month apart. He was a family man who relied on his licence for work. At court, we were able to tell his story and explain the confusion he had with VicRoads. He was fined $250 for the first offence and $750 for the second offence. Importantly, he did not lose his licence, so now he can provide for his young family.

DRINK DRIVING - (Melbourne Magistrates’ Court) We had a client with his third drink drive (reading 0.186). He had two priors in 2002 and 2004. We spoke to him about his situation and organised reports from doctors and psychologists. After presenting his case, he was fined $750 and his licence was cancelled for the minimum period of time.

DRINK DRIVING - (Werribee Magistrates’ Court) A truck driver was charged with drink driving after the police attended the scene of a single vehicle accident into a paddock on a rural road. There were no witnesses to the accident. He was breath tested with a reading of 0.195. We made the police prove that he had driven the car within the previous three hours. Because they could not, they withdrew the charge after some lengthy negotiations.

UNPAID FINES - (Dandenong Magistrates’ Court) We had a client who was driving on Eastlink for work and incurred fines in excess of $45,000. We listened to her story, reviewed her documents and had the fines reduced to a total of $1000 and got her 3 months to pay.

DISQUALIFIED DRIVING - (Dandenong Magistrates’ Court) A lady in her 20's was caught driving on a disqualified licence. She had been disqualified by the Dandenong Court for drink driving. At court we were able to stop her losing her licence for any longer. She was given a fine of $1000.

UNPAID FINES - (Frankston Magistrates’ Court) A lady in her 40's had $68,000 in unpaid fines. She was arrested by the Sheriff and taken to court. At court we were able to have her fines reduced to $3,000 payable at the rate of $100 per month. That's a saving of $65,000.00

DISQUALIFIED DRIVING - (Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court) A man in his 30's was caught driving on a disqualified licence two months into a six month licence cancellation for drink driving. He was driving for work. The court suspended his licence for 2 months (which overlapped with the drink driving disqualification) and fined him $1000.

DRUG DRIVING AND DISQUALIFIED DRIVING - (Ringwood Magistrates’ Court) A man in his 40's had three cases heard on the same day. The charges included drug driving twice, disqualified driving twice and possession of 20 ecstasy tablets. He was fined $1500 with a three month licence cancellation.

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