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Latest Court Victory – Norwich Magistrates Court – Driving whilst using a telephone
Place: Norwich Magistrates Court Offence: Driving whilst using a mobile phone Ms P contacted Millar's Solicitors having been summonsed to Court in relation to an allegation of driving whilst using a handheld mobile phone. Ms P had pleaded not guilty and her case was...
Latest Court Victory – Carlisle Magistrates Court – Speeding and Failing to Furnish
Place: Carlisle Magistrates Court, CA3 8QH Offence: Speeding and Failing to Furnish Information Millars Solicitors represented Mr M before Carlisle Magistrates Court. Mr M was charged with speeding and failing to furnish information. Mr M already had 6 penalty...
Latest Court Victory – Preston Magistrates Court – Drink Driving
Place: Preston Magistrates Court, PR1 2QT Offence: Driving with excess alcohol Defence: Reduced to drunk in charge Carl Millar represent Mr I before Preston Magistrates Court. Mr I was initially charged with driving with excess alcohol and he therefore faced a...
Latest Court Victory – Chorley Magistrates Court – Totting Up
Place: Chorley Magistrates Court, PR7 Offence: Totting Up Defence: Exceptional Hardship Carl Millar represented Mr I before Chorley Magistrates Court on 7th January 2019. Mr I had accumulated 12 penalty points under the totting up provisions and he therefore faced a...
Latest Court Victory – Stockport Magistrates Court – Failure to Provide
Place: Stockport Magistrates Court, SK1 3DQ Offence: Failure to provide Defence: The Crown had not complied with the disclosure rules Millars Solicitors represented Miss C before Stockport Magistrates Court on 4th January 2019. Miss C was charged with failing to...
Latest Court Victory – Wirral Magistrates Court – Totting Up
Place: Wirral Magistrates Court CH41, Offence: Totting Up Defence: Exceptional Hardship Millars Solicitors represented Mr P before Wirral Magistrates Court. Mr P had accumulated 12 penalty points and therefore faced disqualification for the minimum period of six...
Beware! The Christmas Drink Driving Crackdown Starts… Now!
Beware! The Christmas Drink Driving Crackdown Starts… Now! It’s that time of year again. The time when you spend too much, drink even more and end up hugging your best friends outside a takeaway at two in the morning. Yes, it’s Christmas, which brings a rise in...
Valid Drink Driving Defences
Valid Drink Driving Defences I drank alcohol after driving (hip-flask defence) I drove as I was in fear of my life or the life of another (duress) I drove on private land only (the law on this point specifies that the land must be more than private property but must...
Police Christmas drink driving crackdown to target female drivers
We all know that the police are ever more vigilant on their drink driving campaigns at Christmas however, it has been reported that traffic officers may be targeting female drivers this year. The news seems to come on the back of reports that women are convicted of...
Drink driver who was caught on tram tracks gets a 17 month ban
An uninsured drink driver, who ended up driving on tram tracks and causing £6,000 of damage to his week old Mercedes Benz, has received a 17 month driving ban. The drink driver, Maurice Cooney, had to raise the alarm at a nearby office after his car was stranded on...
Forklift Truck Driver Banned After Admitting 4th Drink Driving Offence
A Forklift truck driver banned was caught for a 4th time drink driving has been banned from the road for 40 months. The incident began when 27 year old Gary Prescott was seen driving erratically in the early hours of a Sunday morning. Prescott was stopped by the...
Drink Drivers To Have Drug Driving Education
A pilot scheme is being rolled out that will educate drink drivers on the dangers of drug driving. The drug driving education scheme is now being added to the drink drivers rehabilitation course as part of a new initiative. The drink drivers rehabilitation course...
CCTV Showed Drink Driver Racing Through City Centre Before Crashing & Killing Passenger
A 20 year old drink driver, whose driving caused the death of his 17 year old passenger, has been handed a 6 year jail sentence. Reports have detailed that the drink driver, 20 year old Tyrone Quinn, had a number of passengers in his BMW when driving through Newcastle...
Tragedy As Lawyer Is Found Hanged After Being Arrested For Drink Driving
There has been tragic news that a lawyer who had been arrested for drink driving, decided to take her own life. 32 year old planning lawyer, Karanne Hollow was said to have been “embarrassed” after she crashed her Mercedes Benz into a hedge at 3am. Sadly, she has been...
Learner Driver Caught Drink Driving After Row With Fiance
A learner driver has been caught drink driving following a “severe” argument with her fiancé. 28 year old Jemima Alexander took her finance’s care without his permission, the morning after they had an argument. The court heard that she did not normally have access to...
Trail Of Destruction Left By Christmas Day Drink Driver
A drink driver who left a trail of destruction as he drove on Christmas Day was told by the court that he “could have killed someone”. The 36 year old driver, Bryce Reid had been driving to excess before he got behind the wheel of his car. So bad was his driving that...
Drink Driving OAP Who Knocked Down Cyclist Detained By Vigilante
Drink Driving OAP Who Knocked Down Cyclist Detained By Vigilante A man who was driving near to a 71 year old driver, witnessed him knock over a cyclist and then just carry on driving. Not wanting to let the driver get away away with it, and after checking the cyclist...
Survey Fuels Call For Lower Drink Driving Limit
A survey carried out by the British Social Attitude Survey has found that an overwhelming 77% of those people interviewed support a lowering of the drink driving limit in England and Wales. The results of this survey may well come as no surprise as public opinion...
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