by Kris | Oct 7, 2019 | Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, Motoring Law, Police, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
Can I be guilty of Drug Drive s5A RTA if I wasn’t the one smoking? You’ve been found by police slumped over your steering wheel at a traffic light. You’ve been arrested and taken to the police station. Your blood has been taken and you have tested...
by Kris | Sep 29, 2019 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Motoring Law, Police, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
What is the worst thing you can do when you get a Single Justice Procedure Notice in the post? Do not bring up your personal needs when telling the magistrates why you are not guilty. Here’s the one thing many self-represented defendants write in their forms /...
by Kris | Sep 15, 2019 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, Motoring Law, Police, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
Should you hire a White Collar Crime, Property or Family law solicitor to handle your Magistrates Court trial? When you’re in police trouble, you want the best legal representation money can buy. It’s natural to turn to a solicitor’s firm you already...
by Kris | Aug 1, 2019 | Criminal law, Miscellany, Motoring Law, Police, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
DPP v Barreto: the mobile phone loophole you’ve been looking for? Up until now, most people caught by police with a mobile phone in their hands like this gentleman would find themselves in the frame for Driving a Motor Vehicle While Using a Hand-held Mobile...
by Kris | Jul 22, 2019 | Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, DIY Law, Motoring Law, Road Traffic law
Will the magistrates give me an adjournment? Think getting your case adjourned to another date is going to be easy? Clearly, you’ve never been to the Magistrates Court before, and you’re not familiar with the terms, “speedy summary justice” or...
by Kris | Jul 1, 2019 | Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, Get qualified, Motoring Law, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
Here’s what’s stopping you getting the most out of your barrister It’s 0800 and I’m at the Stratford Magistrates Court to prosecute traffic cases – and there’s a trainee (“pupil”) barrister here who does not know if she...
