Lawyer Chelsea Emery, appearing as town agent for Jacobson Mahony Lawyers, said Mr Goode was not in attendance at court but was in regular contact with his lawyers. She said the firm might not have been familiar with protocol on the Sunshine Coast where defendants are expected to appear in court at their first mention. Magistrate Haydn Stjernqvist said it was an example of solicitors telling their clients they don t have to appear in court when they should. So you re saying, in other places where there s different practises, potentially he could go all the way through to June and first appear on the matter at a hearing? Mr Stjernqvist said.