Postponing a court appearance?

[The Pastor]

mate of mine is going to court over a minor traffic speeding ticket.

He has his prelim court hearing (the very first one where you plead guilty or in his case not guilty) on the 6th of june,

which is fine, how ever on the 10th of june he is overseas untill mid December (maybe even till feb?) is there a way to get the case prosponed until feburary? hes not wanting to skip out of a ticket, but wants it sorted quickly as soon as he gets back.

Cheers

Rm

[p.dath]

I don't think the court will accept that your friend is going on holiday as satisfactory.
Even if your sick you need to turn up unless you have a medical certificate.

Your friend's best bet would be to start by ringing the court registrar. If they say no way then don't go further. I'd probably make up a story about it being non-refundable and causing financial hardship. If there is some movement, then they'll need to write to the court registrar and request a new date.

Perhaps your friend could say that he is pleading not-guilty, and wants a fixture date to defend the case.


But as I said, I don't think they'll be very lenient if it is a Holiday that is preventing them from appearing (otherwise everyone would do this to avoid going to court!).

[fatzx10r]

he could just plead guilty and pay the fine :done:

[Scouse]

What is propsponing ?

[YellowDog]

So long as you give plenty of notice and give a reasonabe excuse, the rescheduling the case should not be a major issue. "regrettably I shall of out of the country for the scheduled court date and respectfully request that you re-schedule this hearing for a date no less than 'x' days later"

[The Pastor]

its not really avoiding. lawyers do it all the time depending on their workload.

[slofox]

So long as you give plenty of notice and give a reasonabe excuse, the rescheduling the case should not be a major issue. "regrettably I shall of out of the country for the scheduled court date and respectfully request that you re-schedule this hearing for a date no less than 'x' days later"

where "x" = 10,000

[YellowDog]

where "x" = 10,000
So you don't work for Westpac then :)

[Finn]

What is propsponing ?

A very dangerous water sport?

[pritch]

its not really avoiding. lawyers do it all the time depending on their workload.

There's one rule for lawyers and another for the proles.

Tell him to plead insanity. :whistle:

[vifferman]

What is propsponing ?
Apart from indicative/symptomatic?

[Patrick]

Pay the fine now, and its all sorted... He won't get stopped at the air port by the she male with the shoulder length rubber gloves.

[scumdog]

mate of mine is going to court over a minor traffic speeding ticket.

He has his prelim court hearing (the very first one where you plead guilty or in his case not guilty) on the 6th of june,

which is fine, how ever on the 10th of june he is overseas untill mid December (maybe even till feb?) is there a way to get the case prosponed until feburary? hes not wanting to skip out of a ticket, but wants it sorted quickly as soon as he gets back.

Cheers

Rm

If he gets to leave in the first place...<_<

[Kemet]

Like Scummmy said..

Isn't there some restriction on leaving the country if you have unpaid fines??

Something to google or check this page (http://www.fines.govt.nz/faq.html#top) about fines (don't know if the answer is there or not, but there should be something.....)

[YellowDog]

Like Scummmy said..

Isn't there some restriction on leaving the country if you have unpaid fines??

Something to google or check this page (http://www.fines.govt.nz/faq.html#top) about fines (don't know if the answer is there or not, but there should be something.....)
If the hearing hasn't happened yet, the there cannot yet be a fine for the alledged and not proven offence.

[The Pastor]

its also a minor speeding ticket.

[scumdog]

its also a minor speeding ticket.


Issued when?

[The Pastor]

Issued when?
i think thats too much info for you mr cop ;)

[scumdog]

i think thats too much info for you mr cop ;)

So there IS a chance it could fall into the 'unpaid fine' catagory???:shifty:

[The Pastor]

So there IS a chance it could fall into the 'unpaid fine' catagory???:shifty:
no sir, this will all be done legally, and even if it were it'd only be less than $200

[scumdog]

no sir, this will all be done legally, and even if it were it'd only be less than $200

If unpaid even $200 could halt your exiting the land of the long white cloud...:(

[The Pastor]

If unpaid even $200 could halt your exiting the land of the long white cloud...:(
bollox surely?

[scumdog]

bollox surely?

Try it.....

[FJRider]

So there IS a chance it could fall into the 'unpaid fine' catagory???:shifty:

As I understood it, paying the fine as the infringement instructs you too, means it is a guilty plea. (guilty as)

Don't pay the fine as instructed ... means plea not-guilty, and the case is heard in a court of law. (same result [usually]) but until this happens ... still only charged, but not found guilty.

I'm picking that a fine may limit "funds" to travel with....

[Insanity_rules]

There's one rule for lawyers and another for the proles.

Tell him to plead insanity. :whistle:


Works for me, as soon as they get an earful of my brand of crazy they run for the hills.