michaeldadams
New Member
hi i have been charged with drink driving, i blew 61 , i also had a drink drive in 96 any ideas what i can expect at court
Charged with drink driving
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SeanJoyceStephensons
Solicitor
Michael,
You are likely to be sentenced to a financial penalty and ban of 17 - 22 months from the reading that you have outlined. This presupposes that you intend to plead guilty to the offence with which you are charged.
Should you require a Solicitor it is important to instruct one as early as possible. Drink Driving law is a highly specialised area of law. As such, you are best to seek the services of an expert motoring lawyer in order to maximise your prospects of success. This is particularly so if a ban would result in you losing your job. A conviction would also be a criminal one.
Whilst you may be able to use a duty solicitor at Court, their services are not guaranteed. Furthermore, if you are lucky enough to speak to one you may only get 5 - 10 minutes at most and you will have no control over the skill or expertise of the duty solicitor at Court that day.
The police frequently make errors in the procedure, either at the road side or at the police station. We have proven expertise in defending cases like yours before with success and are able to offer advice on whether the procedure was followed correctly with a view to persuading the Court to rule your breath sample as inadmissible.
We offer 2 levels of service to people who are considering challenging the case against them:
(1) A written opinion on your prospects of success and the defences that can and should be run in your case. This is often used by people who would like to represent themselves or who would like the benefit of our expertise and intend to use a less experienced and cheaper solicitor.
(2) Full representation to trial. If you were successful you would be entitled to reimbursement of your legal fees paid subject to taxation.
If you wanted to proceed further then we would invite you to contact us in order to discuss matters further.
If you require our assistance please do not hesitate to telephone us.
You are likely to be sentenced to a financial penalty and ban of 17 - 22 months from the reading that you have outlined. This presupposes that you intend to plead guilty to the offence with which you are charged.
Should you require a Solicitor it is important to instruct one as early as possible. Drink Driving law is a highly specialised area of law. As such, you are best to seek the services of an expert motoring lawyer in order to maximise your prospects of success. This is particularly so if a ban would result in you losing your job. A conviction would also be a criminal one.
Whilst you may be able to use a duty solicitor at Court, their services are not guaranteed. Furthermore, if you are lucky enough to speak to one you may only get 5 - 10 minutes at most and you will have no control over the skill or expertise of the duty solicitor at Court that day.
The police frequently make errors in the procedure, either at the road side or at the police station. We have proven expertise in defending cases like yours before with success and are able to offer advice on whether the procedure was followed correctly with a view to persuading the Court to rule your breath sample as inadmissible.
We offer 2 levels of service to people who are considering challenging the case against them:
(1) A written opinion on your prospects of success and the defences that can and should be run in your case. This is often used by people who would like to represent themselves or who would like the benefit of our expertise and intend to use a less experienced and cheaper solicitor.
(2) Full representation to trial. If you were successful you would be entitled to reimbursement of your legal fees paid subject to taxation.
If you wanted to proceed further then we would invite you to contact us in order to discuss matters further.
If you require our assistance please do not hesitate to telephone us.
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