We were contacted last week by a woman who had been charged with drink driving, her trial was 2 days later. Our client was surprised that her reading was so high and called us to see if there was anything we could do to help. She told us that the machine at the police station [...]

As usual England were knocked out on penalties last night. Having gone to extra time there was an extra 40 minutes drinking time. Most people are sensible and don’t drive to the pub if they know they are going to be drinking. But it’s not as simple as that. A lot of drivers are being [...]

Interesting case today. Client has been charged with drink driving, he accepts that he was over the limit and was stopped whilst in his car but wants to argue that there are special reasons not to disqualify him. The special reason is that he only drove a very short distance. I hear this often, about [...]

A Nottinghamshire ambulance driver was yesterday found guilty of drink driving and sentenced to 200 hours unpaid work and banned from driving for 2 years. He was 2 1/2 times over the limit and was involved in a 7 vehicle crash on the A52. There are a number of aggravating features that the court will [...]

In a survey released yesterday over half (53 per cent) of drivers surveyed think there is a one in four chance of being caught and almost a third (31 per cent) think there is less than a one in ten chance. Figures also show that in 2009 only 2% of drivers were given road side [...]

Nottinghamshire police have launched a crack down on summer drink driving. Statistics show that more people are caught drink driving during the summer than at any other time. Quite apart from the obvious risk to yourself and other people the punishment for drink driving is very harsh. The courts have to ban you for a [...]

I appeared in Derby Magistrates recently with a client who had been caught drink driving. He was stopped on the way to dropping his daughter off at school and was still over the limit from the night before. Many people don’t realise how long it takes for the alcohol to leave your system and a [...]

As a specialist drink drive solicitor I come across a lot of clients who are desperate to keep their licence. My job is to find a way to keep them on the road. There are a number of ways we can do this, sometimes there is a defence. If we can’t find a defence then [...]

We are the only specialist drink driving solicitors covering Chesterfield Magistrates Court. It is a small court and all of the solicitors are Legal Aid solicitors covering all sorts of crime. When a client is desperate to keep their licence they tend to look for a specialist drink drive lawyer. We are local to Chesterfield [...]

Clients have a choice, they can take pot luck with the duty solicitor, get a legal aid lawyer to deal with it (provided the family earn less than £23,000 a year AND there is a risk of going to prison) or appoint a specialist drink drive solicitor. I am often asked ‘is it worth me [...]