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Drink Driving Defence Lawyer Victoria.  Expert defence barrister can win your case.
Defending Drink Driving Offences in Victoria

 

Drink driving laws in Victoria are constantly getting tougher. It is quite difficult for offenders to retain their driver's licence in ordinary cases. For most drivers it is not possible to plead guilty and save your licence. Nevertheless, every driver charged with drink driving has a chance of keeping their licence. Please read the drink driving FAQ as it answers many common questions on contesting drink driving offences.

Police give drink drivers a traffic infringement notice if they are first offenders under 0.15%. All other offenders are served with a charge and summons to appear in court.

In most cases drivers will need to go to court and win if they want to avoid losing their driver's licence. Sean Hardy is a lawyer who has successfully defended many drivers charged with traffic offences and saved them from mandatory licence loss. Every person charged with a drink drive offence has a chance to keep their driver's licence if the case is handled properly. The chance of success is not affected by how high the reading is, how many prior offences you have or your personal circumstances.

Victoria's drink driving laws are strict liability offences. They carry harsh mandatory licence loss penalties which leave no room for forgiveness, excuses or second chances. Often that operates unfairly, so getting quality legal assistance is often the only way to oppose the draconian nature of these mandatory penalties. The lack of court discretion and no option for drive-for-work licences makes it necessary to win in court if your livelihood is at stake. If you need to avoid licence loss you should get expert legal advice at the earliest opportunity.

Any driver with an alcohol concentration at or over 0.07% will need to go to court if they wish to keep their licence. All second offenders need to defend their case in court if they want to keep their licence. People who receive a notice of immediate suspension of driver's licence are able to appeal against the suspension to regain their licence pending the court hearing.

Before you decide what to do with your case, you should read the pages on breath tests, fines, penalties and legal advice because those pages explain your options clearly. You should avoid wasting your time calling me with simple questions that are already answered on this site because I will merely refer you back to these pages.

I have a thorough knowledge of all Victoria's drink driving laws and I regularly challenge the interpretation and effect of these laws in the Supreme Court of Victoria or the Court of Appeal. I specialise in winning drink driving cases. Clients come to me to win, so pleading guilty is generally a last resort. In nearly all cases it is not possible to advise a driver whether or not to plead guilty to a drink driving charge without seeing all the police paperwork. Although most of my work involves defending drivers and doing everything possible to save their licence, I also act for people who wish to plead guilty but still want expert representation to ensure they keep licence loss periods to a minimum and/or avoid possible jail terms.

 

Related Pages on this site:

Breath Tests and breathalysers
Blood Tests
Drink Driving Penalties
Drink Driving FAQ
Infringement Notices
Relicensing & Interlocks
Court Procedures
Legal Advice
Drug Driving
 
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