Traffic Offences
Dr Roderick Mulgan is a determined and dedicated advocate for people charged with a serious traffic offence in New Zealand.
See Roderick's interview below and call him at no cost to discuss your situation.
Traffic Offences
Roderick has acted for clients who have been charged with all manner of traffic offences, from drink-driving to careless and dangerous driving offences.
Traffic law is very technical and combines complex legal rules with sciences such as psychology and physics.
Following that, even if you have no defence, he will walk you through your other options, which include seeking a discharge without conviction.
If there is a way to have you walk away unscathed, he will find it.
Contact him today on a no-charge and no-obligation basis to discuss your situation.
Testimonials
Serious Driving OffenCe
Recently, I found myself in deep, unknown territory relating to a serious driving offense and subsequent charges against me.
Roderick was recommended to me by a fellow lawyer as an extremely capable and experienced defence lawyer in cases of this type.
With my first hearing, in Auckland, he advised that he would review the Police booking process for compliance and following that he suggested I immediately plead guilty to the excess breath alcohol charge. At court, an adjoining dangerous driving charge was negotiated to that of careless driving. Both of these initial actions would positively contribute to court findings at my second appearance.
Roderick arranged for this to be held at the Wellington District Court, in my hometown and engaged a colleague to represent me at this venue. With immeasurable relief, the case against me was considerably reduced further with a discharge without conviction.
Roderick provided me with incredible support.
His professional legal service personalized with genuine empathy, a projected realistic expectation, his consumate skills and knowledge of his craft gave me relieving comfort and confidence that he was dutifully focused on his quest to do his utmost best for this client.
Roderick immediately put me at ease. He guided me through the prerequisite preparation required to challenge this charge.
These included a personal affidavit of my recollection and context of my offense, sworn statements from doctors and a range of character references were sought. We secured positive impact statements from both the police and members of the public my actions had impacted. Roderick suggested I may contemplate the idea of completing a Defensive Driving Course before the second appearance. This I did and once again his initiative proved most helpful to me in the final decision.
My appreciation for Roderick’s effort and craft expertise is unbounded.
His commitment to take on a ‘longshot’ defence of my case, nudge the legal boundary, seek and secure a strong defense for me certainly reflects the essence of the Rubicon moniker.
To Roderick from Rubicon Chambers, I’m deeply grateful.
DB #1
Discharge without Conviction
Roderick is not only an excellent and extremely competent lawyer, but he is also a very caring man.
From my first contact with Roderick, he always showed genuine interest and willingness to help. I felt really protected and secure and I was confident I was in good hands.
He always kept in the loop with what was going on, gave me reassurance every time I needed it (and I needed it a lot!), but was also very pragmatic and professional.
In the end, I got a discharge without conviction and the judge said it was the first ever in her career!
I am sure my case was a very special one and I felt I really deserved to be discharged without conviction, but I would not have got it without this wonderful and eloquent lawyer who was defending me with such competence and confidence.
Thank you so much Roderick! I am forever in your debt!
TC
Careless Driving
We are absolutely delighted with the outcome achieved by Roderick. He did a superb job and I consider him to be extremely talented with a big future.
BM
Traffic Offence
It is with the greatest pleasure that I am writing this unsolicited testimonial to Dr Roderick Mulgan, barrister, in reference to his representation on my behalf before the District and High Courts of Wellington.
Following a vehicle accident on a mountain track, I was airlifted to Hospital and as a routine provided two blood samples for alcohol testing. It was with great surprise that I was informed after a few weeks that my blood alcohol reading was 88mg/100ml- 8 over the legal limit, since I recalled only consuming 2 small glasses of wine over a 4 hour period.
There followed a few months before a decision was made to charge me and when that occurred we requested the second blood sample for independent analysis. There was further delay in receiving this sample from the Police and when it was finally tested showed a blood alcohol reading of 73mg/100ml- 7 under the legal limit.
The police decided to proceed with a prosecution, arguing that the lower reading was due to loss of alcohol from the original sample over time.
In a defended hearing before the district court Judge, Dr Mulgan was superb both in his presentation of the facts, points of law and a masterful cross examination of the crown expert witness, which left myself, my lawyer and all those present in little doubt that my defence would succeed.
To my amazement, the Court found for the prosecution and the next 6 months were spent preparing for an application for discharge without conviction, which was ultimately denied by the same judge, to even greater astonishment from my lawyer.
At this point I turned to Dr Mulgan for his counsel in respect of an appeal against conviction to the High Court of Wellington. I cannot begin to do justice to the level of legal knowledge, professionalism and compassion that he demonstrated during the exhaustive preparation for my appeal, which he presented quite superbly to the Court in October 2015 and I was subsequently acquitted with the judge noting that Dr Mulgan’s legal argument was correct and that the District Court judge had erred in not deferring to his presentation before her 12 months hence.
I appreciate that the facts of my case or of more interest to me than to any person seeking Dr Mulgan’s services but I have outlined them above to, hopefully emphasis my belief that Dr Mulgan is one of New Zealand’s finest young Barristers. I have been in awe of his encyclopaedic legal knowledge but most impressive is his ability to apply this to his individual clients.
I cannot commend Dr Mulan’s services too highly and remain indebted to him for those services.