by Kris | Apr 15, 2019 | Criminal law, DIY Law, Police, Private client criminal defence
All the wrong reasons for accepting a simple police caution Most people at the police station want to get the experience over with as soon as possible. They turn down the free legal advice and accept simple police cautions because they’re scared of being charged...
by Kris | May 17, 2017 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, Motoring Law, Road Traffic law
Speeding down the North Cray Road, and having clocked somebody driving 75 mph in a 40 zone, the traffic officer was sure this one would stick. But I found a technical defence and my client walked away from the Bexley Magistrates Court with his clean licence intact....
by Kris | Jan 2, 2017 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Despicable You, Direct Access Barristers, Get qualified
Oh look! The Daily Mail have just run another hit piece on the legal profession. The Mail states: Despite strikes by barristers over their pay levels and protests from senior lawyers who demand greater taxpayer subsidies, the legal profession has been booming,...
by Kris | Apr 3, 2016 | Criminal law, Football Banning Orders, Football law, Private client criminal defence
Thinking of throwing gum at away fans? Don’t do it. Dan Russell of the Nottingham Post reports: “A Nottingham Forest fan who threw a lump of chewing gum across the stand at the City Ground as his team conceded a goal has been hauled before the courts and...
by Kris | Mar 4, 2016 | Advocacy, Criminal law, Direct Access Barristers, Motoring Law, Private client criminal defence, Road Traffic law
s172s need to be taken seriously. Here’s how I know: Every once in a while, I prosecute road traffic matters for the CPS. The majority of the prosecutions on a typical Magistrates Court Traffic list are s172 Road Traffic Act matters (failure to give information...
