About Life Disqualifications
Learn more about lifetime driving disqualification in WA.
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- Our Process
- Helpful Information
FreePhone case assessment
Lets talk about your situation confidentially. We will discuss the alledged careless driving in detail to understand what happened and be able to tell you if we can help or not. Get the process started now, by requesting a free call back.
Appointment with our traffic lawyers
If it's clear consulting a solicitor you will help your situation, we can identify the right one for your case and arrange a convenient appointment for you. We will review any documents you send us, and brief the solicitor before you arrive to maximise your time with them.
In depth consultation
At your meeting the solicitor will be able to indicate the outcome they expect to achieve and the legal pathway they would take with you to ensure the best possible result based off past cases and experience. Possible defences will be explored and all of your questions answered.
Sound legal advice & pathway forward
Armed with sound legal advice and a fixed fee quote for respresentation throughout the process you can then decide if you would like them to act on your behalf to drop charges or represent you in court.
The sooner you act the better.
Leaving things to the last minute makes it more difficult for your legal team to obtain the best possible result.
Lawyers with careless driving case experience.
Meet with lawyers who have successfully helped many clients charged with careless driving.
- Past Cases
- Good Results
- Happy Clients
Lifetime Disqualifications
A permanent life disqualification from driving may be imposed by a Court sentencing an offender for serious traffic offending. The offences themselves that carry mandatory life disqualifications vary amongst the Act. It is best to seek legal advice as to what penalties apply to the offence that you are charged with.
If the Act requires a Court to impose a mandatory life disqualification, that term cannot be reduced by mitigation or personal circumstances of the offender.
If you are disqualified from driving for life, you may apply to the Court after 10 years to seek that your disqualification be removed. These applications are quite lengthy applications made in the District Court. You should seek legal advice to discuss the prospects of success and what documents are required to remove the life disqualification.
Why you might lose your licence for life
Where you have committed a number of serious traffic offences, the Court is required to impose a permanent life disqualification from driving. This is as a result of a presumption in the legislation that persons who continue to commit serious traffic offences cannot be trusted driving in the community. It does not matter the length of time between offending, or the circumstances of offending where you are a continued repeat offender.
There are several situations in which the Court must order permanent disqualification, such as being found guilty for:
- DUI for a third or subsequent time.
- Driving Impaired by Drugs for a third or subsequent time.
- Refusing Breath Test for a third or subsequent time.
- Refusing to Comply with Driver Assessment or Provide A Sample for a third or subsequent time.
- Reckless Driving for a third or subsequent time.
- Reckless Driving when Escaping Pursuit by Police for a third or subsequent time.
Other than the above, the Court may also order that your licence be disqualified permanently if it thinks that it is appropriate to do so. Prior offending and poor traffic history may increase the likelihood of the Court imposing permanent disqualification.
Getting your licence back
When you have been disqualified from driving for life, you have to wait for a period of 10 years before you can apply to get your licence back. Thereafter, you will have to lodge an application with the District Court enclosing a number of references, medical test results and affidavit materials.
You should ideally obtain legal advice from a lawyer before applying to ensure to you have waited out the correct waiting period. If you have not waited long enough, your application will be refused and you will likely have to pay the costs of the application nevertheless. Moreover, you will have to wait another year before you can make another application.
There are several factors that the Court may take into account when deciding whether to remove your disqualification:
- the safety of the public generally; and
- the character of the applicant; and
- the circumstances of the case; and
- the nature of the offence or offences giving rise to the disqualification; and
- the conduct of the applicant subsequent to the disqualification.
Our Process
FreePhone case assessment
Lets talk about your situation confidentially. We will discuss the alledged careless driving in detail to understand what happened and be able to tell you if we can help or not. Get the process started now, by requesting a free call back.
Appointment with our traffic lawyers
If it's clear consulting a solicitor you will help your situation, we can identify the right one for your case and arrange a convenient appointment for you. We will review any documents you send us, and brief the solicitor before you arrive to maximise your time with them.
In depth consultation
At your meeting the solicitor will be able to indicate the outcome they expect to achieve and the legal pathway they would take with you to ensure the best possible result based off past cases and experience. Possible defences will be explored and all of your questions answered.
Sound legal advice & pathway forward
Armed with sound legal advice and a fixed fee quote for respresentation throughout the process you can then decide if you would like them to act on your behalf to drop charges or represent you in court.
The sooner you act the better.
Leaving things to the last minute makes it more difficult for your legal team to obtain the best possible result.
Lawyers with careless driving case experience.
Meet with lawyers who have successfully helped many clients charged with careless driving.
- Past Cases
- Good Results
- Happy Clients
Helpful Information
Lifetime Disqualifications
A permanent life disqualification from driving may be imposed by a Court sentencing an offender for serious traffic offending. The offences themselves that carry mandatory life disqualifications vary amongst the Act. It is best to seek legal advice as to what penalties apply to the offence that you are charged with.
If the Act requires a Court to impose a mandatory life disqualification, that term cannot be reduced by mitigation or personal circumstances of the offender.
If you are disqualified from driving for life, you may apply to the Court after 10 years to seek that your disqualification be removed. These applications are quite lengthy applications made in the District Court. You should seek legal advice to discuss the prospects of success and what documents are required to remove the life disqualification.
Why you might lose your licence for life
Where you have committed a number of serious traffic offences, the Court is required to impose a permanent life disqualification from driving. This is as a result of a presumption in the legislation that persons who continue to commit serious traffic offences cannot be trusted driving in the community. It does not matter the length of time between offending, or the circumstances of offending where you are a continued repeat offender.
There are several situations in which the Court must order permanent disqualification, such as being found guilty for:
- DUI for a third or subsequent time.
- Driving Impaired by Drugs for a third or subsequent time.
- Refusing Breath Test for a third or subsequent time.
- Refusing to Comply with Driver Assessment or Provide A Sample for a third or subsequent time.
- Reckless Driving for a third or subsequent time.
- Reckless Driving when Escaping Pursuit by Police for a third or subsequent time.
Other than the above, the Court may also order that your licence be disqualified permanently if it thinks that it is appropriate to do so. Prior offending and poor traffic history may increase the likelihood of the Court imposing permanent disqualification.
Getting your licence back
When you have been disqualified from driving for life, you have to wait for a period of 10 years before you can apply to get your licence back. Thereafter, you will have to lodge an application with the District Court enclosing a number of references, medical test results and affidavit materials.
You should ideally obtain legal advice from a lawyer before applying to ensure to you have waited out the correct waiting period. If you have not waited long enough, your application will be refused and you will likely have to pay the costs of the application nevertheless. Moreover, you will have to wait another year before you can make another application.
There are several factors that the Court may take into account when deciding whether to remove your disqualification:
- the safety of the public generally; and
- the character of the applicant; and
- the circumstances of the case; and
- the nature of the offence or offences giving rise to the disqualification; and
- the conduct of the applicant subsequent to the disqualification.
