Pav
New Member
Hi Martin,
I hope you're well. I was hoping to get some advice for my brother please.
He was involved in a drink driving incident where he crashed into the wall and garage of a house. His breath reading was 75. He is due to appear at the magistrates court on the 24th June.
It is his first offence; I don't know whether he should use a court appointed solicitor or a private solicitor?
He has quite a bit of debt (roughly £7000 that I know of), has depression and anxiety and went through a divorce earlier this year. He is also the main carer of our father who is 77 and currently undergoing a dementia assessment.
We know he will get a ban and a fine, but is there any benefit of having a private solicitor over a court appointed one? And will he have any mitigating factors he can use.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you.
I hope you're well. I was hoping to get some advice for my brother please.
He was involved in a drink driving incident where he crashed into the wall and garage of a house. His breath reading was 75. He is due to appear at the magistrates court on the 24th June.
It is his first offence; I don't know whether he should use a court appointed solicitor or a private solicitor?
He has quite a bit of debt (roughly £7000 that I know of), has depression and anxiety and went through a divorce earlier this year. He is also the main carer of our father who is 77 and currently undergoing a dementia assessment.
We know he will get a ban and a fine, but is there any benefit of having a private solicitor over a court appointed one? And will he have any mitigating factors he can use.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you.