special hardship order

A young Provisional Licence holder was recently issued a Special Hardship Order Licence at the Sandgate Magistrates Court recently after being issued an infringement notice for not displaying P plates. The Special Hardship Order was issued only after persuading the Magistrate that the persons traffic history did not demonstrate that he was unfit and not proper to hold such a licence.  The young persons legal representative Jason Todman advised the court that his client…

A 29 year old man from Samford, employed as a contractor in the cross Brisbane tunnel recently applied to have a Special Hardship Order granted for a period of 6 months at the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court recently. The male had accumulated a number of demerit points offences over a period of 18 months when he was issued with a warning notice from Qld Transport advising that he would be issued with a Good Behaviour Licence for a period of 12 months. This came as a wake up call to the…

Pine Rivers Traffic Lawyer Jamie Whitehead recently became aware of matter that his colleagues at Cobb Law dealt with recently at Beaudesert Magistrates Court. The male was charged with a drink drive reading of .156%. Whilst that is alarming, the set of facts put to the court by the police prosecutor was to reveal that this person had only been released from gaol after serving a full time custodial sentence for a 6th drink driving offence in two years.  "Our client had…

A male from Shorncliffe was recently picked up by police for driving while his licence was suspended. The male who faced Court in March 2011 claimed that he had no idea that his licence was suspended. " My client was charged with driving whilst suspended. The only problem was that he believed that his licence was current ." Pine Rivers Traffic Lawyer Jamie Whitehead advised. " My client moved on numerous occassions in both 2009 and 2010 and advised Qld Transport of…

Years of combined experience in traffic law. Services include free legal advice for all traffic law matters including drink driving, disqualified driving, suspended driving, Work licence applications, Special Hardship Order applications and any other traffic infringement notice where you would like the matter determined by the court. Pine Rivers Traffic Lawyers 0403222470

A recent enquiry at Pine Rivers Traffic Lawyers revealed some confusion over the issuing of infringement notices by bodies such as the Qld Police Service. Solicitor Jamie Whitehead explains, "If a person receives an infringement notice for, say a traffic offence and the details recorded such as name, address, time and date, offence type, registration details on the car, location etc may be incorrect, the issuing officer has the power under the law to cancel that notice and reissue a new one." …

We understand that the traffic law is a minefield. We understand that if you are charged with drink drive that you need advice on your options. Your drink drive offence may entitle you to a Work Licence. You may also be entitled to a Special Hardship Order if you have run out of points on your drivers licence and you are about to have your licence suspended, but not been charged with drink drive. FREE LEGAL ADVICE ON YOUR OPTIONS AS WELL AS GUIDANCE WILL ALWAYS BE GIVEN. WE OFFER THI…

 From the 24th of March 2011, the people of the Pine Rivers District have their very own LOCAL traffic law firm. "This is a very big deal for the local community." Lawyer Jamie Whitehead said.  "Pine Rivers Traffic Lawyers are locals who know how to handle any drink drive, work licence application, special hardship order application, traffic infringement notices. We are traffic lawyers who only deal with traffic matters. The laws surrounding drink driving are complex." …