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1: Make an appointment for a
consultation By
Telephone: Call
or text to:
0416 088 661.
I do not give
free legal
advice by
phone.
By
Email:
conference
@
trafficlaw.com.au.
Please include
your name and
phone number and
no attachments
whatsoever. When
should you book a
conference? You
need to book a conference
immediately if: •
you
have a court date pending,
or At
a conference your case can be
examined and expert legal advice
will be provided. You will find
out how it is possible to win your
case, what the costs are likely to
be, and what sort of time frame
you should expect. If the case is
not likely to win, you will be
advised of that at the conference
or once your case has been fully
investigated. A
one hour conference costs $400, or
$450 after-hours and on weekends.
Your case will be
investigated to find out if it is
worthwhile defending your case or
adopting some other strategy. If
your case has merit, you can then
decide whether it is worth taking
the matter further. You will need
to bring to the conference all
paperwork you have that is
relevant to your problem. If you
have a demerit point problem you
need to bring a print-out of your
recent demerit point history that
is obtainable from VicRoads. If
you have received an
infringement notice and you
are seeking advice prior to
lodging the election to go
to court please be aware
that you will need to have a
second conference after you
receive the charge and
summons. Often people
lodge
an election to go to court
and then have their first
conference after they have a
charge and summons. If
you can not get to Melbourne. I
can do a telephone conference if
you are unable to attend my
offices in Melbourne. Contact me
to arrange a time and to receive
directions on the best way to send
paperwork to me. Telephone
conferences are the same price as
face-to-face conferences. What
to bring. Bring all the paperwork you have
that is relevant to your problem
especially the charge and summons or
any other papers that the police
have given you. Please do not
request any papers from the police.
Just bring what they have given you. For demerit point problems - bring
a copy of you full demerit point
history (which you can get from VicRoads)
as well as copies of all old
infringement notices that you still
have and any correspondence, such as
suspension notices, from VicRoads. For conferences about outstanding
fines or warrants - you should
obtain a list of "Outstanding Final
Demands and Warrants" from Fines
Victoria - you can print them from
the Internet at
http://fines.vic.gov.au Where
are you located? 88
Dudley Street, West Melbourne,
3003. Parking:
There is free parking on King
Street, or metered parking on
Dudley Street. Conference
hours and cost: Conferences
take one hour and cost
$400.00, 9AM to 5PM on
weekdays. What
sort of payment is
acceptable?
Frequently
Asked questions
about
conferences. Can
you give me some free
advice? Yes
I can. I
provide free
advice by
email.
Most generic
questions are
already
answered on my
website. The
rest of
my free time is spent
answering your questions for
free on the
TrafficLaw forum.
I
never provide free telephone
advice so please
don't waste your time phoning
me "to ask a simple question".
If it is such a simple
question it is probably
already answered on my
website, or you can use the
free and simple email service
I provide, or telephone any of
the other lawyers who claim to
be traffic law experts.
How
can I email
documents to
you? After
you make an
appointment
for a
telephone
consultation I
will text you
instructions
for uploading
documents to
my server, or
emailing them.
If you are
coming to see
me in person
please bring
the documents
with you
instead of
emailing them
to me.
Unfortunately
I do not have
time to read
unsolicited
documents,
so I will
not download,
open or read
any
attachments
emailed to me
by people who
have not made
an appointment
for me to do
that work. I
have received a traffic
infringement notice. Should I
come and see you? You
can come and see me at any stage
of your case. I can check the
validity of the infringement
notice and give you advice if the
notice is invalid. If you have a
demerit points problem you should
come and see me as soon as
possible. For license loss
infringements it is usually
inevitable that you will need to
lodge an objection and take the
case to court if you want to save
your license. After you get
your court papers you will then
need to book a further
conference so I can open a file to
investigate the court case. Many
people lodge an objection to the
infringement notice and then make
their first appointment to see me
after they receive the court
papers. The process for objecting
to an infringement notice is
explained here.
If
you have already objected to
a fine and are waiting to
receive the charge and
summons there is usually no
point in seeing a lawyer
until you have the charges. I
had an incident last night and I
am freaking out about it. Should
I come and see you? You can come and
see me at any stage of your case,
but there is not much a lawyer can
do if you have not yet been
charged with anything. One option
is to wait for the police to serve
you with a charge and summons and
then make an appointment to see me
when you have your court papers.
If you have been given any
paperwork that affects your right
to drive (such as a Notice of
Immediate Suspension under s.85,
or a VicRoads notice of
suspension) then you should book a
conference immediately. My
first court date is in 5 weeks
time so I need to see you
urgently. You need to see
me anytime prior to the court date
stated in your summons - even one
day before is fine. You usually
will not need to attend court on
the date stated in the summons
unless you are on bail. Your case
can not be heard on the first
mention date unless you wish to
plead guilty. Most
court cases are heard many months
after the first mention date. This
is all explained in the court
papers and also on
my website. . . . |
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