Caught driving with cannabis in your system?
If you’re caught driving with cannabis in your system, here is what to expect and how you can contest the charge.
What is the totting up ban?
What is the totting up ban? How long does it stay on your licence and can you overturn it. What you need to do if you’ve totted up 12 points.
How to get off a drink driving charge
If you’ve been charged with a drink driving offence it doesn’t always mean a sentence. Here’s how you can get off a drink driving charge.
What is a totting up ban?
A totting up ban is when you have accrued 12 or more penalty points on your licence over a three year period. When this happens, you’re likely to receive a driving ban unless you can cite exceptional hardship.
In this article, we’ll explain totting up bans in detail, the penalties you might face and what you can do to overturn the decision.
What happens if I get caught drink driving?
Been caught drink driving and want to appeal? Keep My Driving Licence can advise you on your rights of appeal and could get your conviction reduced, reheard or quashed.
LATEST COURT VICTORY – Driving Whilst Disqualified and Without A Valid Certificate of Insurance
Millars Solicitors were instructed by Miss E who was very concerned about the prospect of a custodial sentence as she was driving whilst disqualified
LATEST COURT VICTORY – Driving with Excess Alcohol
Place: Stockport Magistrates Court Offence: Driving with Excess Alcohol – guilty plea Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar from Messrs Millars Solicitors was instructed by Mr A in respect of an allegation of driving with excess alcohol. His reading in breath was at 78µg...
LATEST COURT VICTORY | Speeding | Bradford
Place: Bradford Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding – 98mph in a 70mph speed restriction area – possible Totter and facing minimum period of disqualification of 6 months Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar was instructed by Mr C who potentially faced a minimum period of...
LATEST COURT VICTORY | SPEEDING | OXFORD
Place: Oxford Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar was instructed by Mr D who faced a driving disqualification for speeding at 66mph in a 30mph speed restriction area. Mr D had been advised that the Magistrates Court Sentencing...
LATEST COURT VICTORY | Totting Up | Weymouth
Place: Weymouth Magistrates Court Offence: Totting Up 12 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar was instructed by Mr D who faced disqualification for a minimum period of six months under the totting up provisions. Mr D’s primary...
LATEST COURT VICTORY | Speeding | Aldershot
Place: Aldershot Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar was instructed by Mr DC who faced a minimum period of disqualification of six months under the totting up provisions. Mr DC was travelling at 72mph in a 40mph speed restriction area...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – Totting up | Guildford
Place: Guildford Magistrates Court Offence: Totting up 13 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar was instructed by Mr H who faced disqualification for a minimum period of six months under the totting up provisions. Mr H was...
LATEST COURT VICTORY | Totting up | Bradford
Place: Bradford Magistrates Court Offence: Totting up 12 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar from Messrs Millars Solicitors was instructed by Mr J who faced disqualification for a minimum period of 6 months under the totting up...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – Drug Driving
Place: Kings Lynn Magistrates Court Offence: Drug Driving Defence: No evidence of driving Carl Millar from Messrs Millars Solicitors was instructed by Mr L who was initially charged with drug driving. Representations were made by Keep My Driving Licence part of ...
Guildford | Totting Up | Latest Court Victory
Place: Guildford Magistrates Court Offence: Totting up 12 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar was instructed by Mr NE who already had 10 penalty points endorsed on his driving licence. He committed a further offence of...
LATEST COURT VICTORY | Totting Up | Oxford
Place: Oxford Magistrates Court Offence: Totting up 12 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar was instructed by Mr OM who faced disqualification for a minimum period of 6 months under the totting up provisions. Mr OM had 9 penalty...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – Driving without a valid Certificate of Insurance, Failing to Provide
Place: Doncaster Magistrates Court Offence: Driving without a valid Certificate of Insurance, Failing to Provide a Specimen of Blood for Analysis Defence: Reasonable Excuse for not providing a specimen of blood – police mistake in relation to the no insurance matter...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – Driving with Excess Alcohol | Wimbledon London
Place: Wimbledon Magistrates Court, London Offence: Driving with Excess Alcohol Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar was instructed by Mr S who appeared before Wimbledon Magistrates Court in relation to an allegation of driving with excess alcohol. His reading in breath...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – Failing to Provide a Specimen of Breath | York
Place: York Magistrates Court Offence: Failing to Provide a Specimen of Breath – not guilty plea Defence: Technical Defence Carl Millar represented Mr S who was charged with the offence of failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis. Carl Millar spotted a...
LATEST COURT VICTORIES |Totting up | Scarborough
Place: Scarborough Magistrates Court Offence: Totting up 12 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar from Messrs Millars Solicitors was instructed by Mr T who faced a disqualification for a minimum period of six months under the...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – Failing to Provide | Telford
Place: Telford Magistrates Court Offence: Failing to Provide a Specimen of Breath for Analysis – Guilty Plea Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar from Messrs Millars Solicitors was instructed by Mr T who faced disqualification for a minimum period of one year and up to 3...
LATEST COURT VICTORY | Drink Driving | Leamington Spa
Place: Leamington Spa Magistrates Court Offence: Drink Driving – guilty plea Defence: Mitigation – defendant wishing to avoid a community order Carl Millar was instructed by Mr W who was involved in an accident and was also driving with excess alcohol, with a reading...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – Driving with Excess Alcohol | Newport
Place: Newport Magistrates Court Offence: Driving with Excess Alcohol, reduced to being Drunk in Charge of a Motor Vehicle Defence: No evidence of driving Carl Millar was instructed by Mr W who was charged with driving with excess alcohol. Mr W was charged with...
LATEST COURT VICTORY | Totting Up | Steven Oakes
Place: Sevenoaks Magistrates Court Offence: Totting Up 12 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar was instructed by Ms A who was facing disqualification for a minimum period of six months under the totting up provisions. Ms A was...
LATEST COURT VICTORY| Totting up | Wrexham
Place: Wrexham Magistrates Court Offence: Totting up 12 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar was instructed by Ms C who faced disqualification for a minimum period of six months under the totting up provisions. Ms C had initially...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – Failing to Provide | Sheffield
Place: Sheffield Magistrates Court Offence: Failing to Provide a Specimen of Breath for Analysis Defence: Reasonable Excuse for Failing to Provide a Specimen of Breath Carl Millar represented Ms G in relation to an allegation of failing to provide a specimen of breath...
LATEST COURT VICTORY | Drunk in Charge | Manchester
Place: Manchester City Magistrates Court Offence: Drunk in Charge of a Motor Vehicle – Trial Defence: No reasonable prospect of driving whilst over the legal limit Carl Millar from Messrs Millars Solicitors was instructed by Ms M in relation to an allegation of...
LATEST COURT VICTORY | Totting Up | Kidderminster
Place: Kidderminster Magistrates Court Offence: Totting up 13 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar was instructed by Ms VJ who faced disqualification for a minimum period of six months under the totting up provisions. Ms VJ...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – Driving whilst Disqualified | Driving without a valid Certificate of Insurance | Milton Keynes
Place: Milton Keynes Magistrates Court Offence: Driving whilst Disqualified and Driving without a valid Certificate of Insurance Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar from Messrs Millars Solicitors was instructed by Mr C who, unfortunately, was driving whilst disqualified...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED – SPEEDING/TOTTING UP
Place: Wrexham Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding / Totting up penalty points Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar represented Mr W before Wrexham Magistrates Court. 4 penalty points were imposed for the offence of speeding, which meant that Mr W now had 13...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – FAILURE TO PROVIDE BREATH SPECIMEN – DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED
Place: Cannock Magistrates Court Offence: Failing to Provide a Specimen of Breath for Analysis Defence: Technical Defence Mr O was charged with an offence of failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis. Millars Solicitors were able to persuade the Crown...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – SPEEDING/TOTTING UP NOTTINGHAM
Place: Nottingham Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding / Totting up 12 penalty points or more Defence: Exceptional Hardship Mr K received 4 penalty points for the offence of speeding. At the time of the offence he had 9 penalty points on his driving licence and...
LATEST VICTORY – SPEEDING/TOTTING UP – DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED
Place: Folkestone Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding / Totting up 12 penalty points or more Defence: Exceptional Hardship Messrs Millars Solicitors represented Mr B before Folkestone Magistrates Court on the aforementioned date. Mr B received 6 penalty points for...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – DRINK DRIVING – LACK OF EVIDENCE
Place: Harrogate Magistrates Court Offence: Drink Driving Defence: Technical Defence Keep My Driving Licence Solicitors Part of Millars Solicitors made representations to the Crown Prosecution Service that there appeared to be no evidence of the defendant driving. It...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – LIMITED DISQUALIFICATION – SPEEDING/TOTTING UP
Place: Reading Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding / Totting up 12 penalty points or more Defence: Exceptional Hardship Miss A appeared before Reading Magistrates Court on the 18th May 2019. She had committed a further offence of speeding when she already had 9 points...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – DRIVING WITH EXCESS ALCOHOL – DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED
Place: Newport Magistrates Court Offence: Driving with Excess Alcohol Defence: Technical Defence This was another case in which we managed to persuade the Crown Prosecution Service to discontinue an allegation of driving with excess alcohol. The lesser offence of...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED – SPEEDING/TOTTING UP
Place: Northallerton Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding / Totting up penalty points Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar represented Mr S before Northallerton Magistrates Court in respect of totting up 12 penalty points or more, whereby Mr S faced a minimum...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – FAILURE TO PROVIDE BREATH TEST – HORSHAM MAGISTRATES COURT
Place: Horsham Magistrates Court Offence: Failing to Provide a Specimen of Breath for Analysis Defence: Reasonable Excuse for not providing a specimen of breath, namely panic attacks and asthma and technical defence Messrs Millars Solicitors trading as Keep My Driving...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED – DRUNK IN CHARGE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
Place: Salisbury Magistrates Court Offence: Drunk in Charge of a Motor Vehicle Defence: Mitigation Millars Solicitors represented Mr H who appeared before Salisbury Magistrates Court. Mr H faced a potential disqualification of up to 12 months. Mitigation was advanced...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED – SPEEDING/TOTTING UP
Place: Oxford Magistrates Court Offence: Totting up / Exceptional Hardship Defence: Exceptional Hardship argument Millars Solicitors recently represented Mr H who faced disqualification for a minimum period of six months under the totting up provisions Mr H already...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION
Place: Blackpool Magistrates Court Offence: Failing to Furnish Information Defence: Persuading the Crown Prosecution Service to discontinue the case Millars Solicitors represented Miss W who appeared before Blackpool Magistrates Court for the offence of failing to...
HOW LONG AFTER DRINKING CAN I DRIVE?
How long after drinking can I drive?A simple enough question but not quite so straightforward to answer.Alcohol slows down the body’s reactions, which makes it unsafe to drive and puts you (the driver), passengers and the general public at risk. People under the...
Client was acquitted within 7 minutes of death by careless driving at Guildford Crown Court.
John Dye instructed by Managing Partner, Carl Millar of Millar Solicitors’, part of Keep My Driving Licence. The client was acquitted within 7 minutes of death by careless driving at Guildford Crown Court. The driver IS accused of killing a teenager from Guildford in...
LATEST VICTORY – PRISON SENTENCE AVOIDED IN DRINK DRIVING CASE
Place: Manchester City Magistrates Court Offence: Driving with Excess Alcohol Defence: Mitigation Carl Millar represented Miss O who had a very high reading of alcohol in her breath at 133 µg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The Magistrates Court Sentencing Guidelines...
LATEST VICTORY – DRIVING DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED FOR SPEEDING IN EXCESS OF 100MPH
Place: Kidderminster Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding in excess of 100mph Defence: Mitigation Mr W was very concerned about being disqualified from driving as he was travelling in excess of 100mph. The Magistrates Court Sentencing Guidelines suggest a period of...
LATEST VICTORY – DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED
Place: Crawley Magistrates Court Offence: Failing to Stop, Failing to Report and Driving without a valid Driving Licence Defence: Mitigation Millars Solicitors represented Mr M who appeared before Crawley Magistrates Court in relation to the offences of failing to...
LATEST VICTORY – DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED AT CARLISLE MAGISTRATES COURT
Place: Carlisle Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding / Totting Up 12 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar represented Mr H before Carlisle Magistrates Court. Mr H had accumulated 12 penalty points on his driving licence due to a...
LATEST VICTORY – DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED
Place: Bodmin Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding – in excess of 100mph Defence: Mitigation LATEST VICTORY – DISQUALIFICATION AVOIDED WHEN DRIVING AT 104MPH Millars Solicitors represented Mr G who appeared before Bodmin Magistrates Court on the 6th March 2019. Mr G...
LATEST COURT VICTORY – CHORLEY MAGISTRATES COURT – SPEEDING – TOTTING UP
Place: Chorley Magistrates Court Offence: Speeding / Totting Up 12 penalty points on driving licence Defence: Exceptional Hardship Millars Solicitors represented Mr G who accumulated 12 penalty points on his driving licence. He therefore faced a minimum period of...