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My Parole Board Work

One of the most fascinating areas I practice is in is with my Parole Board work. These hearings generate some very difficult questions. Is the prisoner safe to be released? Should they be transferred into open conditions or are they

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The Benefits of Using a Direct Access Barrister

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

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Sentencing Guidelines Not Tramlines

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

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Travelling Around

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

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Getting Your Licence Back Early

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

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No Insurance Offences

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

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Failing To Provide A Specimen

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

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Exceptional Hardship and 12 points on a Licence.

When a driver has twelve points on their licence they are liable to banned unless they can show exceptional hardship. Not just hardship mind you but exceptional hardship. This is a high threshold and one that not everyone can get

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The CPS, Road Traffic Law and Chelsea FC!

Unlike so many lawyers who undertake road traffic work I used to work at the CPS as a Senior Crown Prosecutor and have a far better understanding of how the prosecution approaches and analyses such cases. I have lost count of the

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