Successful Cases
Excess Alcohol
You may think that if you were arrested at the roadside after producing a positive breath test and then went on to the Police Station where positive tests for alcohol, showed a reading of 2 ½ times the legal limit, the inevitable result would be a conviction. However in a recent case, where the reading was exactly that, our client was acquitted on the basis that the procedure for obtaining specimens had not been followed correctly by the Police.
Drunk in Charge of Motor Vehicle
Drivers alleged to have been drunk in charge often wait too long to contact their lawyer and mistakenly give damaging admissions in interviews. A recent case could have been prevented in which admissions of the quantity of alcohol that had been consumed were made by a driver. However, when breaches of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act were admitted by the Police, the interview admissions were excluded and as a result the defendant was not disqualified from driving.
Failing to Provide Information as to who was driving a Motor Vehicle S172 Road Traffic Act 1988
This is a fast growing area of law resulting from the enormous spread of cameras now covering many of Britain’s roads. Often vehicle owners are unclear as to how to proceed as they may be unable to identify the driver on a particular day or time, especially in a family or company environment. Our success rate in this type of matter is extraordinarily high.
Dangerous Driving
It is perhaps little known that overtaking across solid double white line markings in the middle of the highway can lead to a charge of dangerous driving which would result in a 12 month disqualification. However in one recent case, the Prosecution were unable to establish that the line marking was complete and visible at the time of the alleged offence. On this basis the defendant was successfully acquitted.
In the vast majority of cases, clients are successfully defended, and may also recover their own costs from the Court.