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TRAFFIC OFFENCES
We are law brokers who provide you with a referral to a qualified practitioner who can give you advice and representation in relation to drink driving offences and a range of other traffic matters. We also handle Licence Appeals and Applications to quash Habitual Traffic Offender Declarations.
You will receive sound, professional legal advice in relation to the problems you face and then we will represent you in court on the day of the hearing. We will also give you clear advice about the likely fines and penalties you may receive and the best strategy for dealing with the charges you face.
DRINK DRIVING
Drink driving can incur harsh penalties. These penalties are mainly dependent on the result of your breath test. It is therefore important to put a strong argument before the court to try and prevent a large fine and your licence being suspended. This is where you can view more details about drink driving offences and drink driving penalties in NSW.
OTHER TRAFFIC OFFENCES
Increasingly, people are facing charges of driving while suspended or driving while disqualified. These are serious charges, and magistrates can impose heavy fines, lengthy additional suspensions and even custodial sentences.
People can in fact be driving while suspended (as a result of unpaid speeding and parking fines) and not even be aware of the fact that their licence is not valid. They are then pulled over and find themselves facing heavy penalties. However, with appropriate legal advice, these situations can often be dealt with very effectively. If persuasive arguments are put to the magistrate a much reduced penalty will often be imposed.
LICENCE APPEALS
Many people at some stage of their driving careers find themselves in the unenviable position of losing their licence for speeding offences and/or the loss of demerit points. This can happen in a variety of ways, but often it occurs because a major speeding offence of 30 or 45 kilometres over the limit has been committed. Another common situation is the gradual loss of demerit points, culminating in demerit points suspension as a result of minor speeding offences over a period of time. This is where you can read more about licence suspension appeals.
HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER DECLARATIONS
When a driver commits 3 major offences within a 5 year period the RTA will impose a 5 year suspension period in addition to any period of suspension that a court may wish to impose. When combined with suspensions imposed by the magistrate, the total suspension period that such an individual faces becomes very lengthy indeed and can on occasion span to a decade or more.
However, Habitual Traffic Offender Declarations can be quashed by a magistrate on appeal. Such an appeal should be filed towards the end of the court-ordered suspension period. It can be very helpful if a person can show the magistrate that they have gone for an extended period of time without committing further offences. In these circumstances, magistrates will often look favourably upon such an application, meaning that the individual concerned can be back on the road years earlier than had been anticipated.