Using a barrister under the Direct Access scheme  – which means that the public can come straight to the barrister – often makes a huge difference. Aside from the considerable cost savings with our lower overheads, you will find trained…

Sentencing Guidelines for an offence are just that: guidelines not tramlines. Courts do not have to pay wholly rigid adherence to them and there will be occasions when an offence can properly be categorised as falling in a lower or…

I have been extremely busy in the last few weeks travelling across the country representing clients. I try and explain to clients in plain and simple English what should happen and to put them at ease as court appearances can…

It is possible to persuade a court to give you back your licence early if you have been disqualified from driving. There are specific rules in relation to this application and although the Court has a wide discretion it will…

Driving with no insurance will mean a minimum of six penalty points and the possibility of disqualification from driving. It possible for the court to find special reasons not to endorse your driving record with six penalty points. Being genuinely…

Interestingly, there are two types of failing to provide cases. There are those in which the Defendant has failed to provide a specimen of breath whilst in charge of a vehicle and those in which he has failed to provide…