Unjust police principles
ROD HANNIFEY, the president of the National Road Freighters Association (NRFA), has recently proposed that the police should not be used to enforce the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL). Highway Advocates, which is the affiliated legal practice of the NRFA, thinks this is unlikely to occur but we believe Rod is onto something.
So far, every one of our clients’ police matters has had significant problems, including:
• no evidence at all to prove the alleged offence occurred• the person has been• the person has been charged with an offence that doesn’t exist• the alleged time, date or location of the offence are wrong• the statement of facts refers to irrelevant material or makes prejudicial comments• unsubstantiated allegations are made against the person.
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