At EAS Legal, we recently represented a 53-year-old male client before the Seymour Magistrates’ Court who was charged with a number of serious driving-related offences, including failing to comply with court orders relating to alcohol interlock conditions.
Matters involving breaches of interlock conditions are treated seriously by Victorian courts, particularly where a person has a lengthy prior history of similar offending. In this case, our client’s record and history of non-compliance placed him at a significant risk of a recorded conviction, further licence loss, and potentially harsher penalties.
From the outset, our focus was on limiting the long-term impact of the charges and preventing further licence consequences. Our team:
We also addressed the disproportionate impact that further licence loss would have on our client’s ability to work and meet daily responsibilities.
Despite our client’s extensive prior history and previous non-compliance, the Court ultimately accepted our submissions and imposed:
This was an excellent outcome given the nature of the offences and the client’s history, and it allowed him to move forward without additional restrictions on his licence or long-term consequences on his record.
Courts typically impose increasingly severe penalties for repeat driving offences and failures to comply with interlock conditions. Securing a non-conviction outcome with no further licence loss in these circumstances is far from routine and highlights the importance of experienced traffic and criminal defence representation.
At EAS Legal, we regularly act for clients facing driving offences, interlock breaches, and repeat traffic matters across Victoria.
We appear frequently in the Seymour Magistrates’ Court and fight to protect our clients’ licences, livelihoods, and futures.
