COVID-19 – Key Changes Made by District Courts Affecting all Criminal and Traffic Cases in NSW
From 30 March 2020, the District Court have implemented a number of changes to the way in which criminal cases are heard during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to remain up to date as arrangements are likely to continue to change. If you have a criminal matter in the District Court currently, please ...continue reading
How COVID-19 is Affecting NSW Local Court Cases in Australia
Taking affect Monday, 30 March 2020, a number of key changes have been made to the way in which NSW Local Court matters are to be dealt with during the COVID-19 pandemic. On 24 March 2020, the New South Wales Chief Magistrate, Judge Graham Henson AM, released a Memorandum regarding some of the key ...continue reading
A 36-Year-Old Mum Is Charged with High-Range Drink Driving in NSW, 6 Times Over the Limit
A woman has been reported allegedly driving 6-times over the legal limit after colliding into a parked vehicle in NSW. It’s reported that the 36-year-old mother was allegedly driving with a high-range drink driving BAC level with her 14-year-old son in the car when she hit her 4-WD Toyota Kluger into a parked vehicle ...continue reading
ACCC Announces Safety Concerns for the Child Car Seat, Joie i-Travvel Which Has Now Been Recalled
It is reported that the ACCC have now formally announced safety concerns for the child car seat, namely, Joie i-Travvel car seat model # C1209BanOR600 or C1209BATBK600 (‘the child car seat’). The child car seats have been recalled following tests revealed safety concerns. The safety concerns of the child car seat identified include, “in ...continue reading
What is a Criminal Lawyers’ Role?
Criminal lawyers represent people from all walks of life. Unfortunately, movies and TV shows have portrayed criminal lawyers in a bad light, prompting members of the public asking the question criminal lawyers get asked too often, “but how can you defend a criminal?”, or “how can you defend a guilty person?”. Too often we ...continue reading
What are the NSW Law and Penalties for High-range Drink Driving?
It is reported that 30-year old Perth mother, Kirsteen Meikle had her child in the back seat of the vehicle while she was asleep behind the wheel at about 10am with a BAC reading of 0.37g- being over 7 times the legal drink driving limit. Further, the mother’s driver licence was expired, since 2015. ...continue reading
High-range Drink Driving Penalties and Law in NSW
It is reported that a 41-year-old woman is due to appear at the Tweed Heads Local Court on 2 March 2020 after being charged for high-range drink driving. The 41-year-old woman was allegedly driving a vehicle with a 3-year-old girl in the back seat of the car before crashing in north of NSW. It’s ...continue reading
An Outline of the New Penalties for Mid-range Drink Driving in NSW
It is reported that a 60-year-old woman in Melbourne has allegedly been caught drink driving when her car ended up getting stuck in a Melbourne train track on Friday. At about mid-night last Friday, the 60-year-old woman allegedly lost control of her car whilst in a train station car park before getting stuck on ...continue reading
The Penalties for Driving with an Unsecured Load in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Moving house can be a stressful time – especially when it comes to transporting your large kitchen appliances. Indeed, the classic case of how to move the dreaded fridge certainly comes to mind, particularly when you consider its size and that it weighs about 140kg on average. Whether ...continue reading
Law, Penalties & Defences for Furious or Reckless Driving in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Road rage is a phenomenon that is no longer new and becoming manifested in increasingly aggressive ways. Understood as the deviant and furious behaviour of a motorist due to their loss of emotional control, the antisocial behaviour has today surpassed simply honking the car horn or demonstrating a ...continue reading