Archive for November 2018
POLICE SLOW DOWN ON SPEEDING FINES
South Australia Police have announced that they have temporarily withdrawn hand-held speed detection analysers (Lidars) from use. With this withdrawal comes the decision to also withdraw 125 prosecutions for speeding offences involving Lidars currently before the courts. What’s going on? What’s happened? (For more information read our article Police Have Problems Proving Speeding Fines (https://websterslawyers.com.au/traffic-matters/police-have-problems-proving-speeding-fines/))…
Read MoreGUILTY PLEA DOESN’T MEAN IT’S IN THE BAG – WHAT IS A DISPUTED FACTS HEARING
Recently, a woman who was charged with stealing an 88 year old man’s briefcase that contained over $30,000 admitted to theft of the case, but said that there was only $1,500 inside. What does the Court do when a person pleads guilty to a charge but says that the facts are very different from what…
Read MorePARALOWIE MAN AWARDED OVER $130,000 FOR ASSAULT BY POLICE
Recently in the District Court an order was made that the State of South Australia pay compensation to an individual on behalf of numerous members of the South Australian Police Force for assault, battery and false imprisonment. The man claimed that on the evening of 8 January 2009, he was at home in Paralowie with…
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