Things you did not know about a section 10 Section 10's are famous and popular. It is the outcome most of our client's are seeking when they contact us for assistance. Most people have heard of a Section 10. And if they haven't, they quickly learn about them when they are charged by the police. Unfortunately, due to its popularity, and the rumours about the possible meaning of a Section 10, it is the most confused area of law in the community. To [...]
Tips for drinking responsibly Learning to keep your alcohol intake in check is the first step in drinking responsibly. It’s also important to be responsible for your own actions, and to ask for help when you need it. This can help if: you want to know how to drink alcohol and stay safe you’ve never been drunk before and want to know how to go about it you’re looking for information to give to a friend about responsible drinking. What is responsible drinking? Being a [...]
NSW first-time low-range drink drivers could avoid court under new proposal A new punishment process to keep first-time, low-range drink drivers out of court is being considered by the New South Wales Government. If passed, the new process would see first offenders given punishments including a fine and the loss of demerit points rather than a mandatory court appearance. RELATED ITEMS Whats a Section 10 Do I have to go to Court Refusing a breath test DUI Courts in NSW Chief executive of the [...]
Drink-driver five times over limit A WOMAN was almost five times the limit when she got behind the wheel and drove. On November 9 last year, police were called to a Dysart hotel on an unrelated matter. While officers were there, Meryl May Yasserie walked to the front door and looked inside before returning to her vehicle, the Mackay Magistrates Court was told. RELATED ITEMS Whats a Section 10 Do I have to go to Court Refusing a breath test DUI Courts in NSW [...]
Section 10 Result Section 10 ’s are famous and popular. It is the outcome most of our client’s are seeking when they contact us for assistance. Most people have heard of a Section 10. And if they haven’t, they quickly learn about them when they are charged by the police for drink driving or other matters. Unfortunately, due to its popularity, and the rumours about the possible meaning of a Section 10, it is the most confused area of law in the community. To help [...]
A drink-driver who was seen swerving side-to-side on the Hume Highway north of Albury has been jailed. Magistrate Tony Murray said he had no choice but to sentence Cameron Naylor to seven months behind bars. But he gave Naylor, 56, one more chance by suspending the term for seven months, ordering that enter a good behaviour bond. Naylor, from the Geelong suburb of Newtown, had pleaded guilty to charges of drive with a high-range prescribed concentration of alcohol and drive while licence suspended. The second [...]
The message from the police Miranda Local Area Command is simple: “If you drink and drive, you will be caught.” This follows a weekend of bookings of drink drivers in the area, some of whom returned high range readings. P-plater’s 0.248 . – Police charged a 30-year-old Riverwood man with high range drink driving after he was stopped in Robertson Street, Sutherland, on Sunday morning. When tested at Sutherland Police Station he allegedly returned a reading of 0.248, almost five times over the limit. The P-plate [...]
A woman who was caught drink-driving six times over the legal limit with three young children in the car in Sydney's north-west has been sentenced to nine months' home detention. Erika Francesca Bycroft, 39, was stopped by another female driver at Westleigh in October 2014. Police said she was seen swerving across a road in a residential area where children were playing and almost hit a pedestrian refuge. Officers said they could immediately smell alcohol coming from Bycroft and described her as having bloodshot eyes [...]
Our Parramatta District Court client recently received a lucrative job offer abroad. However, he received an Intensive Corrections Order in the Local Court which meant he could not leave the state of NSW. Our submissions to the Judge on severity eventually convinced him to allow the appeal and vary the custodial sentence, our client is now able to take up his dream job. See: Appealing PCA Charge
blood alcohol reading of .423. A WOMAN drank four bottles of wine in an early morning, three-hour session before blowing .423 on the breathalyser, a Geelong court has heard. Ruth Spychella, of Clifton Springs, was so drunk she had to be carried to an ambulance after she slammed her car into an off-duty policeman’s parked car about 11.30am, the Geelong Magistrates’ Court was told on Thursday. A shocked magistrate Ann McGarvie said it was the highest reading she had ever come across in a living [...]
