by Kris | Oct 16, 2015 | Motoring Law, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
Have a driving licence and a car – and changing your address? s99 of the Road Traffic Act, 1988 requires all licence holders to notify the DVLA of a change of address. It is a separate offence under s43C of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act, 1994 to use an...
by Kris | Dec 24, 2014 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Motoring Law, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
Christmas drink drive drama? Highbury Magistrates Court will re-open for business on Boxing Day to deal with the Christmas fall-out. All first appearances before the Judge or Magistrates are held in the Remand Court. One of the Highbury court rooms will be a dedicated...
by Kris | Nov 29, 2014 | Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Motoring Law, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
You’ve never had a car accident before, never been arrested and never even seen a trial – much less be the subject of it. Yet you have to explain your driving decision-making and judgement to Magistrates – and be cross-examined by a Prosecutor. I prosecute as well as...
by Kris | Aug 22, 2014 | Criminal law, DIY Law, Motoring Law, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
Day 1 of my pupillage was spent at City of London Magistrates Court observing how to prosecute a “simple” Traffic list. I had zero understanding what s172 was – and mystified by the explanation that it was simply “reading”. S172s are so much more than the Prosecution...
by Kris | Jul 28, 2014 | Criminal law, DIY Law, Motoring Law, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
Is “radio interference” a defence to an Intoximeter (evidential breath machine) reading? For anyone looking for Home Office Circular 39/1989 – you won’t find it on a government website and you won’t even find it in the online National...
by Kris | Jul 6, 2013 | Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Miscellany, Private client criminal defence
Why do people still go to solicitors when they could instruct a Direct Access barrister for an upfront fixed fee? I think it might have something to do with the fact that Messrs Stobart & Co are making their pitch to the public at large. The trouble is, Direct...
