Getting the best result for traffic charges?

Below you will find the starting point for for getting the best result for a traffic charge. If we represent you we will work out a plan that is specific to you. The following are just some of the items that we consider are important in getting the best outcome that you can. You do not have to do them all and for some people they are inappropriate but they are a starting point for thinking about getting the best result possible

• Road Trauma Course
• Character references
• Getting Doogue & O’Brien to represent you

Road Trauma Course

Road Trauma Courses are approximately three hours long and are a group sesssion. Ambulance drivers and other similar people come and speak about their experience in traffic accidents. Most of our lawyers have done these courses so that they can explain them to you properly. We have all found them to be very informative and an excellent course for any driver. 

Doing the course shows the Magistrate that you are taking steps to improve your driving and they will take that into account when sentencing you.

http://www.rtssv.org.au/education/

Unless you are ordered to do the Course by the Court they will require a letter from us outlining the traffic charges before they will accept you on a course.

Character References

Properly drafted character references that are addressing the central issues in your case are very important.

The character reference must give context to your life and the events leading up to you appearing in Court. They should be written after you have properly instructed your traffic lawyers. The reason for this is that we may ask for references that are dealing with a particular issue (eg the fact that you stopped driving after the accident).

Magistrates and Judges will often comment that they never see a negative character reference. However there are great character references that clearly hold their attention and make them think about you as a person.

Writing a useful character reference for a traffic matter is something that takes some deliberation. Please use the guide below as a starting point in the process.

Download a guide on how to write an effective character reference.

Getting Doogue & O’Brien to act for you

We have a team of 8 lawyers who specialise in representing clients charged with traffic offences. These lawyers appear daily before all the Magistrates’ Courts in Victoria.

How this helps you is that:

• You will have a traffic lawyer who will know the Magistrate and how best to approach them;
• You will have a traffic lawyer who has specialist knowledge as to what penalties and orders to ask for;
• You will have a traffic lawyer who knows what to say and, perhaps more importantly, what not to say.

What is mentioned about is just a sample of the matters that we will discuss with you.  Every case is different but there are often similar themes and ways of approaching cases. We have the experience that comes from haivng handled thousands of traffic cases and also from consistently getting great results for our clients.

We get results because we put effort into preparing your case and we think about how we can improve your result.

Traffic Lawyers Melbourne

Bill Doogue Traffic Lawyer Email Bill Doogue was first admitted to practise as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1989...

Conor O'Brien Traffic Lawyer Email Conor O’Brien commenced his legal career as a Barrister and Solicitor in the early 90s...