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Carl recently represented Miss M at Dartford Magistrates Court in relation to an allegation of drink driving.

Unfortunately, Miss M had a reading at 100ųg in 100ml of breath which can attract a sentence of between 23-28 months, in accordance with the Magistrates Court Guidelines.  Miss M’s main concern was to avoid custody as she was also involved in an accident.

Carl used powerful mitigation to persuade the Magistrates to offer her a community penalty and the minimum community penalty of 80 hours was indeed imposed.  Miss M had been advised that the range of a community penalty would normally lie between 60-300 hours.  Obviously, Miss M was delighted with the outcome and her period of disqualification will be reduced to 18 months as Carl successfully argued that she should be offered the opportunity to attend the drink drivers’ rehabilitation course, which offers a 25% reduction in disqualification upon successful completion.

We have many experienced specialist drink driving solicitors at Cunninghams Solicitors.  We cover all areas of Kent, London, Manchester, Birmingham,   and indeed can represent clients nationwide for all drink driving related offences.