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The lack of an agreement between the UK and France means that no applications for exchanges are currently being accepted. Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP
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The issue of British driving licences and Brexit has been complicated and frustrating for many UK citizens living in France. The ongoing impasse over a post-Brexit agreement between the France and the UK has left many British citizens living in France confused, and in some cases without valid driving licence.
Non-EU citizens living in France must exchange their driving license for a French one in order to legally drive in France. The French government announced at the end of last year that this rule would apply to Britons living in France, who would have to swap their licence for a French one before the end of December 2021 – except that no applications for exchanges are currently being accepted because the UK and France have failed to reach a reciprocal agreement.
A number of drink and drug-drivers were dealt with in Rockhampton Magistrates Court this week. Josef Simeon Alexander Schlapfer, 20, had a blood-alcohol content reading of .090 when he was intercepted driving along Bolsover St, Rockhampton, at 7.10am on January 9.
Schlapfer pleaded guilty to the charge in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 28.
Police prosecutor Jess King said Schlapfer told police he had been drinking until about 3am that morning and was driving to the Leichhardt Hotel.
Defence lawyer Samantha Legrady said her client thought he was okay to drive and was going to get food.
Schlapfer was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for three months.
By John Hyde2020-12-23T09:54:00+00:00
The former head of a collapsed London firm is suing former members for almost £1.2m in profits allegedly lost because of their departure, it has emerged. The action by Gregory Rollingson, former managing partner of Rollingsons Solicitors, was outlined in a judgment yesterday where the defendants sought to strike out elements of the claim.
In
Rollingson v Hollingsworth & Ors, it is alleged that the defendants – James Hollingsworth, Steven Gasser, Maya Bhatiani and Joanne Wheeler – caused the firm to miss out on significant profits when they left to join a fifth defendant, Laurus Law Limited, between 2016 and 2017.