Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 17 to 23 June 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Drivers Face Fines for ‘Normal’ Passenger Behaviour Drivers, make sure your passengers keep their devices hidden and that they don’t get too comfortable! Click here...
Drivers Face Fines for ‘Normal’ Passenger Behaviour
It’s a law you may not know about, but certainly one worth brushing up on. You’re on a long drive and your front seat passenger is relaxing watching a YouTube clip or a movie on a tablet or smart phone....
When is it Illegal to Use A Vehicle’s Horn?
Regulation 224 of the Road Rules 2014 (NSW) states that a driver must not use, or allow to be used, a horn, or similar warning device, fitted to or in the driver’s vehicle unless: it is necessary to use the horn,...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 May to 2 June 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Torres Strait Takes Australia to UN Over Climate Inaction: An Interview With 350’s Glen Klatovsky Torres Strait Islander communities affected by rising sea levels have...
Passive Smoking Defence Exposes Flawed Drug Driving Regime
Magistrate David Heilpern has delivered yet another landmark ruling that reveals the shonky logic underlying the drug driving regime in NSW. The Lismore magistrate accepted last month that a woman tested positive to cannabis because of passive smoking. Nicole Spackman...
Drug Driving Charges and the Defence of Honest and Reasonable Mistake
A recent decision by the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal has ruled that drug driving is an absolute liability offence, which means the defence of being honestly and reasonably mistaken about drugs being in the system does not apply to...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 13 to 19 May 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: A PM’s Faith Shouldn’t Be Steering a Secular Nation Scott Morrison’s religious views have shaped a number of his discriminatory, divisive and dangerous policies. Click...
New Drink Driving and Drug Driving Laws in NSW
On 25th September 2018, the New South Wales parliament passed the Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Penalties and Other Sanctions) Bill which comes into effect across the state on Monday, 20 May 2019. The legislation amends the Road Transport Act 2013...
Government Tightens Screws on Unjust Drug Driving Regime
As of next Monday, 20 May, first time alleged low-range drink drivers and drivers in respect of whom the presence of drugs is confirmed by a laboratory analysis will be fined $561 and have their licences suspended for three months....
Driver Accumulates 28 Demerit Points in Road Blitz
A driver on the New South Wales Central Coast has accumulated 28 demerit points and fined $1348 after being pulled over by Police for using her phone while driving. A mother, she had all three children in the car’s back...
