What a joke - with technology nowadays, how is it possible this place runs like a rusty old wooden wheel? It is dysfunctional, slow, and you can expect to wait hours - the overall experience of court could be improved with basic technology... even the RMS which used to be painful is now an efficient and joyful experience.An iPhone app would help? Man, this place needs an update - talk about old school. Using paper rolls to register people, wow. What a terrible way to deal with legal issues and people!
Lovely architecture. Didn't realise it was a courthouse. Conveniently located across the road from Museum Station.
I went to court to appeal my 3 month license suspension and request leniency on the basis of family medical needs. I was caught speeding on a motorway. For this I was extremely remorseful and vowed to never break the road rules again. Nevertheless - I accepted this punishment and strongly considered not contesting the penalty. I was convinced to do otherwise due to a direct family member's need for me to be able to drive.Upon appearing in court I waited from 9:30am until 1:30pm for my case to be heard. Deputy Chief Magistrate Jane Mottley spent the morning handing out reductions for license suspensions to a number of unsavoury characters. 19 year old P Platers with multiple previous suspensions or disqualifications were given weeks or months off their suspensions. A woman who travelled at 95km/h down Gardeners Road (a 60 zone) received a month reduction. A man with 4 previous school zone speeding infringements received weeks off his suspension.I, with a clean driving record, no other convictions, two character references, a Traffic Offender Program completion certificate and a signed document from my mother confirming her illness, received 0 days reduction on my suspension.My anger is not to do with the penalty I received. I was well reserved to not driving for three months. My anger is that in the context of that day's proceedings, I was treated unfairly. Only one other person on the day did not receive a reduction in their sentence, out of more than 15-20 people who presented their appeals. I gave the same documents and a similarly (if not more) remorseful account of myself as everyone else did. Yet I received not even the slightest hint of leniency for my first ever offence.After this terrible experience I completely understand why some people have no faith in the court process. The magistrate has complete discretion to treat you as unfairly as they want to and have the gall to call it "justice". Deputy Chief Magistrate Mottley - if you happen to read this - you know that you treated me unfairly. You came back from your lunch break with a changed demeanour, knowing that you were too lenient to everyone in the morning. Why I deserved to be made an example of, despite the fact that my offence and history were signifcantly less serious than the dozens of other people who appeared in your court room that day, is a mystery to me. My decision to speed has cost me my license, but your decision to be devoid of justice and ethics has cost you your integrity.
I went in as a witness for a case . Loads of whacked out people around. Could make for an interesting movie or doco
A really difficult place to get to if you have additional accessibility needs. No place to park for blocks and blocks away, no accessible parking and accessing the front door with a wheel chair is at the top of a hill, poor signage and wayfindings for people who may have additional hearing / vision needs. An opportunity to improve services for all members of the community.
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