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. . Step 1: Book a Conference. The
best way to obtain legal assistance is
to call my secretary between 9:30 AM and 6:00PM Monday to Friday on 9225 8062 to request an appointment. Alternatively you can apply online for a conference appointment and she will call you back or email you during business hours to arrange a suitable date. At a conference your case can be examined and expert legal advice will
be provided. You will find out how it is possible to win your case,
what the costs are likely to be, and what sort of time frame you should
expect. If the case is not likely to win, you will be advised of that
at the conference or once your case has been fully investigated. In
most cases you should book a conference after you have received your
court papers with a court date. A standard
conference costs $300.00. That is all you need to spend to find out if
it is worthwhile to invest any more money pursuing your case through
the court system. If your case has merit, you then decide whether it is
worth taking the matter further. You will need to bring to the
conference all paperwork you have that
is relevant to your problem, and if you have a demerit point problem
you need to bring a print out of your recent demerit point history that
is
obtainable from VicRoads. If you can not get to Melbourne. If
you don't live in Melbourne or can not
find time to come and see me, then you
should send all of your paperwork to my
postal
address
in an overnight express post envelope,
together with payment
of $300.00
which is the minimum fee I charge for
opening a file. Include a contact
telephone number and I will be in touch
with you within a few days to discuss
your case. Conference hours and cost: Conferences last one hour and are usually held at 4PM or 5PM on weekdays.
Occassionally when I am not in court I
can schedule a conference to start
between 8AM and 4PM. These conferences
cost $300.00. Conferences after 5:30PM or on weekends cost $350.00. What
sort of payment is
acceptable? Where
are you located? Level
9, 555 Lonsdale St. Melbourne.
[Map] Parking:
there is 2 hour parking in the vicinity
of Flagstaff Gardens and in Little
Lonsdale St. After 3PM, there is
unlimited off-street parking for $5.00
at the Royal Mint car park, rear of 280
William St (between Latrobe St and
Little Lonsdale St). There is 1P
meter parking in Lonsdale St all day, 2P in the vicinity of Flagstaff Gardens,
and numerous commercial carparks in the
area that charge nearly as much as I
do. How to contact me: You can request a conference online. We will soon contact you to arrange a suitable time and date. Telephone: 03 9225i8661. Please do not call seeking free legal advice. To
get telephone advice: call Mary on 9225 8062 to make an
appointment for a telephone conference and at the same time make
payment of $300 by credit card. The best way to leave a message for
me or to seek free legal advice is to send an email.
Frequently Asked questions about conferences. Do
you provide any free
consultation? All my free time is spent answering
your questions for free on the
TrafficLaw forum. I also provide free advice by email. I never provide free telephone opinions so
please don't waste your time phoning me "to ask a simple question". If
it is such a simple question please use the free and simple email service I
provide. How
can I email documents to
you? If you can not attend a conference in person please call Mary on 9225 8062 to pay the conference fee of $300 arrange a telephone conference and fax or email your documents to me.
I will call you to have a
telephone conference after I have read the papers. Unfortunately I do
not have time to read unsolicited documents, so I will not
download,
open or read any attachments emailed or faxed to me by people who have
not yet
paid the
conference fee for that work. Call Mary between 9:30AM - 6:00PM
Monday to Friday if you want to make
arrangements to email or post documents to me. If you are coming to see
me in person, I do not need to see your documents prior to your
conference. I
have received a traffic infringement
notice. Should I come and see
you? You
can come and see me at any stage of
your case. I can check the validity of
the infringement notice and give you
advice if the notice is invalid. I will most likely advise you
to object to the infringement notice if it is valid and if you are trying to save your licence.
After you get your court papers you
will then need to book a second conference with me
to discuss the court case. Most people object to the
infringement notice and then make their first
appointment to see me after they
receive the court papers. If you have
received an infringement notice,
there is not much anyone can do to help
you until you have the charge and
summons, just like an obstetrician
can't do much for you unless you are
pregnant. The process for
objecting to an infringement notice is
explained here. I
had an incident last night and I
am freaking out about it. Should I come
and see you? You
can come and see me at any stage of
your case, but there is not much a
lawyer can do if you have not yet been
charged with anything. One option is to
wait for the police to serve you with a
charge and summons and then make an
appointment to see me when you have
your court papers. If you have been
given any paperwork that affects your
right to drive (such as a Notice of
Immediate Suspension under s.51, or a
VicRoads notice of suspension) then you
should book a conference
immediately. My
first court date is in 3 weeks time so
I need to see you urgently.
You probably don't need to
see me urgently. You need to see me only one day prior to the
mention date stated in your summons. You do not need to attend court on
the date stated in the summons unless you are on bail, because your
case will not be heard on the first mention date. Most court cases are heard many months after the first mention date. This is all explained in the court papers and also on my website. . . . |
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