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New Skilled Visa Occupations List from 1 July 2016
It is now less than a month until the updated Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection Skilled Occupations List will take effect. The new list becomes operable as of 1 July 2016. This list governs who is eligible for certain kinds of working visas, such as the Skilled – Independent visa (subclass 885), the…
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Queensland MP Charged With Drink Driving and Driving Unlicensed
A charge of drink driving has reportedly been laid against a Queensland Member of Parliament after police stopped him for a random breath test on Wednesday night. It was claimed that Billy Gordon, the Member for Cook, had been watching the State of Origin match in Kuranda and was driving back to Cairns along the…
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Go To Court Lawyers Retained in Major Drugs Case
Go To Court Lawyers have been retained to act on behalf of one of a number of people arrested following multiple drug raids across the NSW Central Coast and Sydney on Wednesday. The raids are alleged to have resulted in a drugs haul valued at more than $1.5 million, including 30,000 ecstasy pills, cocaine, cannabis,…
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GTC Lawyers Support R U OK? at QLS Law Ball
On Friday night, Go To Court Lawyers from our Queensland offices stepped out in their finery to help raise money for the R U OK? organisation at the 2016 Queensland Law Society Annual Ball. As the grand finale to Law Week, the evening called for lawyers to ‘shape up for the geometric experience of the…
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Driving While Using A Mobile Phone
As Traffic Law specialists we are often asked as to when and how you can use your mobile phone while driving. These enquiries normally arise after the person has been pulled over by the police and fined which also resulted in a loss of three demerit points. To avoid losing demerit points which could result…
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High Court Agrees to Hear Baden-Clay Appeal
BADEN-CLAY APPEAL TO BE HEARD BY THE HIGH COURT The High Court of Australia has today handed down its decision as to whether to grant special leave to appeal in relation to the downgrading of the murder conviction of Gerard Baden-Clay. Baden-Clay was convicted on 15 July 2014 of murdering his wife Alison. The case…
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Get a Good Lawyer Fast, or is a Fast Lawyer Good?
GTC stars put in a stellar effort at the QLS Touch Football Tournament 2016 Go to Court Lawyers has fielded a talented team in the 2016 QLS Touch Football Tournament held at JF O’Grady Memorial Park in Fairfield, Brisbane, on Saturday 7 May. Although having never played together as a team before, the GTC Assailants…
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Prince Dies at 57
Music legend, Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson), has passed away at the age of 57. Most will remember him as a creative genius, able to capture the heart and soul across a range of musical genres. He was a talented singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and even actor. Throughout the course of his career, beginning at age…
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Qld Government to Change Anti-Bikie Laws
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced her intention to repeal the state’s ‘anti-bikie’ legislation and replace it with a new regime. The announcement follows the submission of a 471-page report by the Taskforce on Organised Crime Legislation, headed by ‘one of Queensland’s finest legal minds’, former Supreme Court Judge Alan Wilson. The report, commissioned by…
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Pitt St Sydney CBD Office Grand Opening
Go To Court Lawyers has today celebrated the opening of their new Pitt St office in Sydney, taking yet another stride towards ensuring every Australian has the same access to expert legal advice and strong representation for which the firm is renowned. Situated near the Bathurst St intersection, just a block or two from the…
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Drug Driving Increases Over Easter
While statistics are still being collated, as a result of the Easter Road Safety Campaigns across Australia, over the Easter long weekend, preliminary figures suggest that the number of drivers caught with drugs in their system was markedly higher than in previous years. In part, this may be due to an increase in roadside testing.…
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Easter Road Safety Campaigns for 2016
As we head into the long weekend, Easter road safety campaigns for 2016 are now in full swing right across Australia. In New South Wales, Operation Tortoise began at 12:01am this morning and ends at 11:59pm on Monday 28 March. Over this period, double demerit points apply to traffic offences including speeding, using your mobile…
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Drink Driving Record Broken Again
Late last year, a woman from Queensland’s Gold Coast was awarded the dubious title of Australia’s most intoxicated drink driver having recorded a blood alcohol content (BAC) reading of 0.48, nearly 10 times the legal BAC limit. Her record has, unfortunately, now been broken with a New South Wales woman recording a BAC of 0.486. The…
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Another great win for a Go To Court Lawyers expert
Principles of sentencing the key in traffic law and drugs case Outstanding advocacy on the part of one of Go To Court Lawyers’ expert solicitors has resulted in another successful – and unexpectedly favourable – outcome for his client. Sebastian Jennings, associate solicitor from the Woolloongabba office, was representing a client in a sentencing hearing…
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Go To Court Lawyers Roll Out Vehicle Fleet
At Australian law firm, Go To Court Lawyers, our mission is to ensure that, no matter where you are in the country, you can access expert legal representation in any Australian court, and fast. To help deliver these services, Go To Court has rolled out the first of its new fleet of vehicles. The first…
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The Australian Legal Writers Challenge is now open!
OVER $6000 IN PRIZES UP FOR GRABS IN AUSTRALIAN LEGAL WRITERS CHALLENGE Go To Court Lawyers is proud to announce the inaugural Australian Legal Writers Challenge is now open. Budding writers holding an Australian law degree or in their final year of an Australian law degree are invited to enter by submitting an article pertaining…
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Go To Court Lawyers expert wins difficult traffic case
Extraordinary emergency defence successful in traffic law case One of Go To Court Lawyers’ expert solicitors, Ali Rana, has today won a difficult Queensland traffic law case by successfully arguing for an extension to the usual application of a general criminal law defence, extraordinary emergency. Mr Rana’s client had been charged with driving through a…
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Proposed Counter-Terrorism Legislation AUS
On 12 November 2015, the federal government introduced into the Senate the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No 1) 2015 (the Bill). The Senate referred the Bill to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (the Committee) for investigation and comment, and their report was tabled in Parliament on 15 February 2016. The Bill The…
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Lock Out Laws Passed in Queensland
After a battle to secure sufficient support in Parliament and a vote on the Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 in the early hours of the morning on 18 February 2016, Queensland will soon become subject to ‘lock-out’ laws in an effort to curb alcohol-fuelled violence across the state. Set to commence in July…
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New Drink Driving Laws in the ACT
On 9 February 2016, the ACT parliament passed the Road Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 (No 2). While yet to be notified, this new legislation brings with it a number of changes to drink and drug driving laws in the ACT including a significant change to the powers of police to test drivers for alcohol…
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