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Our Senior Solicitor, Nicholas Hardy-Clements, represented a 19-year-old man at Parramatta District Court in relation to the following charge: Drive motor vehicle while licence suspended pursuant to s54(3)(a) of the Road Transport Act 2013. At the time of the offence, our client was experiencing family issues, including his parent’s divorce and the death of his […]
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Our Senior Solicitor, Nicholas Hardy-Clements, represented a 50-year-old woman at Moss Vale Local Court in relation to the following traffic offence: Drive with a medium range of prescribed concentration of alcohol (mid-range PCA), pursuant to Section 110(4) of the Road Transport Act 2013. Our client was driving a motor vehicle on a public road when
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Have you been caught driving while suspended? Traffic offences of any nature are considered a criminal act — however, repeat offending is a serious matter. Committing any driving offence while having had your licence suspended demonstrates to the court that you have not learn from your past actions or mistakes. What is my first step?
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If you have been injured in a car accident as a driver, passenger, rider or pedestrian, regardless of whether you were at fault or not, there are strict time limits for making motor vehicle accident compensation claims against the insurer of the mostly at fault vehicle. The sooner you file your claim, the sooner your
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Our Solicitor, Nicholas Hardy-Clements, represented a 28-year-old man at Blacktown Local Court in relation to the following three offences: Negligent Driving (no death or grievous bodily harm), pursuant to Section 117(1)(c) of the Road Transport Act 2013; Driving in bus lane, pursuant to Section 154(1) of the Road Rules 2014; and Not stopping at stop
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Our Solicitor Danielle Epifania represented a 20-year-old female at Parramatta Local Court in relation to the clients License Suspension Appeal. Licence Suspension Appeal, pursuant to the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW). The case involved our client driving at 1.00 am after collecting a friend from the suburb of Double Bay. It was dark and our
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The court process is often confusing and stressful to those who are unfamiliar with it. The Local Court is where most people have the majority of their traffic and criminal matters dealt with and the following is a short summary of the process. The process can be quite complicated and demanding. If you wish to
An important component of any prosecution involves identifying the perpetrator of any criminal act. It is equally important in traffic matters but potentially difficult where there are lots of vehicles on the road of a similar make, model, and colour. Even more so on a motorbike when people wear helmets. Have they identified you the
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On many occasions we have defended drivers and riders charged with street racing. Interestingly we often find the charge is based on subjective elements that Police say they observe, like the revving of engines, and the riders or drivers apparently looking at one another. The reality of the cases we’ve defended, have resulted from innocuous
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It is important to understand the different types of suspensions in NSW. The core rests at whether the suspension is handed by the Police or whether it is handed by TfNSW. Police suspensions where you are charged with an over 45km/h speed for a full licence holder or an over 30km/h speed for a provisional
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