It is essential for anyone making a special hardship license application to ensure that the application is accompanied by a detailed and comprehensive affidavit.  The affidavit for the special hardship order application needs to cover everything from your financial situation to the hours and days you need to drive.  Its critical to get the affidavit right as it’s the primary thing the court will look at when determining whether to grant a hardship licence and if they do on what terms. This page is just about the affidavit needed, for full information on hardship license applications in Queensland visit…

Dangerous driving is one of the most serious traffic related charged that can come before a court. Unlike drink driving or unlicensed driving which are considered traffic offences dangerous driving is considered a criminal offence and carries serious penalties if found guilty especially if the charge is dangerous driving causing injury or death. We have an Essential Guide to Dangerous Driving that explains all about dangerous driving and the penalties that can be imposed. This blog post is about possible defences to dangerous driving in Queensland. What is Dangerous Operation of a Vehicle? The legislation provides the formal definition of…

  Special hardship licences or hardship licences are an option the Queensland Magistrates courts have to allow a person to continue to drive even though their licence will be suspended by Queensland Transport for incurring more than 1 demerit point on a good driving behaviour period or driving over 40km/h. We have a full page devoted to special hardship licences that explains all the details. This blog post is all about what conditions will the court impose if they grant a hardship licence.   SHO conditions When a Queensland magistrates court grants a special hardship order it will impose certain…

Police may charge members of the community with valid offences under law. Whilst police can charge people with criminal as well as traffic offences, this short article will concentrate on traffic offences. The article will outline what happens after you have been charged with a traffic offence that requires a court appearance. Why was I Charged? The most common traffic offences are related to drink driving, drug driving and unlicenced driving. It will generally be quite obvious why you have been charged; for example, you have been pulled over for a random breath test and the testing instrument has returned…

There are a range of driving related offences in Queensland, with various disqualification periods for each of them. Driving Offences and Disqualification Periods The Queensland Parliament has legislated so that certain driving offences carry mandatory minimum disqualifications. This means when a court is deciding how long to disqualify your licence for, it cannot go lower than the minimum, regardless of what a lawyer says or what the Court may want to do. The primary (but not only) legislation that creates driving offences is the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995. Below, then, is a list of the most common…

This short guide aims to outline how licence disqualifications are dealt with in the Children’s Court in Queensland. There are a variety of offences under Queensland law which attract mandatory and discretionary licence disqualifications. To name some: Dangerous driving Drink driving Drug driving Careless driving Evading police. For example the law states an adult charged with high range drink driving must lose their licence for at least 6 months, the court has no power to reduce this period of disqualification. If an adult is charged with careless driving than the court has a discretion whether to disqualify the licence or…

In a word, yes. Why do you need a Lawyer? A lawyer experienced in criminal and traffic law can take your legal problem and figure out what to do with it very quickly – and then advise you of your options. We at Clarity Law have experience with all different kinds of cases: drugs offences, sexual offences, DV offences, violence offences, traffic offences and work licences, to name some. Without a lawyer you are like a ship in the middle of the ocean without a GPS – no idea where you are or where to go. Further, built into our…