Author: AJ Faisal

am A J Faisal and I have completed my law degree at the University of Southern Queensland. I have been shadowing Mr Ken Mackenzie of Mackenzie Mitchell Solicitors to gain valuable experience in criminal defence for nearly 3 years. Mr Mackenzie is an accredited criminal defence lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in practice. I am a solicitor in the State of Queensland. This is my blog and all contents are my learnings through my work experience and legal studies. These are blog posts and are not advice and please do not consider any of my blog posts as legal advice. These are merely to get basic and general ideas. Every case is unique. If you need legal advice, you should contact an admitted lawyer.

Challenging Traffic or Speed Fine

What defences are available for speeding or traffic fines? Read Criminal Lawyers Brisbane Blog.

Can I return my car and get refund?

Vale v Motorworld QLD Pty Ltd [2020] QCAT 23 Complainant purchased a vehicle from dealer and claimed refund after more than 3 months. Member Cranwell states, “The test of whether there is a major failure for the purposes of s 260 and the test for whether goods are of acceptable quality for the purposes of s 54 both adopt […]

Noisy Neighbour?

I was looking for a friend (who lives in Victoria) on how to deal with noisy neighbours! It depends a lot on what action the council may or may not take and it was hard to find what could be the possible penalty for being a noisy neighbour. But if you are really keen and […]

Pleading Guilty

– Pleading Guilty – In Meissner v the Queen [1995] HCA 41; 184 CLR 132 ‘… It is true that a person may plead guilty upon grounds which extend beyond that person’s belief in his guilt. He may do so for all manner of reasons: for example, to avoid worry, inconvenience or expense; to avoid […]