Hainaut v Queensland Police Service [2019] QDC 223 is a case that deals with a conviction and sentence of the appellant for driving without a license whilst his driver's license was suspended. The appellant appeals the conviction and sentence on the grounds that the magistrate did not afford him a reasonable opportunity to be heard, and that the court had no power to proceed in his absence to conviction and sentence. The court finds that the appellant was not given a reasonable opportunity to be heard, as he was not allowed to explain himself as a living man, rather than a corporation, and that the court had no power to proceed in his absence to conviction and sentence.