Nature of Offence

Drink Driving Offences
Being charged with drink driving or receiving a drink driving ban, is a stressful time. We offer expert representation for drink driving cases and will always fight to achieve either an acquittal or mitigation to your sentence as fully as possible. Read More>

Speeding Offences
We have many years experience of presenting speed camera defences where speeding prosecutions have been discontinued by the Prosecution as they were unable to prove that the correct procedures had been followed in regards to the speed camera used. Read More>

Failure to Identify Driver
A motorist can raise the statutory defence whereby it will be necessary for the Defendant to show that you have acted with all ‘reasonable diligence’ to ascertain who the driver was at the time of the alleged offence. Read More>

Insurance Offences
There are many defences available that Cunninghams Driving Offence Solicitors have used on many occasions to challenge the Prosecution against motor insurance offences when driving without insurance. Read More>

Driving Ban Appeals
If the Magistrates Court have disqualified you from driving it is always possible to appeal that decision to the Crown Court. Often, we are able to have the disqualification lifted pending the outcome of the appeal. Read More>

Dangerous & Careless Driving
The Prosecution often rely on investigators or expert witnesses in dangerous driving cases. Our team have years of experience defending these cases and have access to a network of expert witnesses to rebut the evidence of the Prosecution. Read More>

Penalty Points on your Licence
The accumulation of 12 penalty points will result in you being summonsed to Court to face a mandatory 6 month ban. However, if you are able to demonstrate you will suffer exceptional hardship as a result a ban can be avoided. Read More>

Failure to Provide a Specimen
You can be charged with this offence in circumstances where you fail to provide a specimen of breath, blood or urine when required to do so. A wide range of medical conditions can afford you a defence. Call us to see if this applies to your case. Read More>

Mobile Telephone Offences
In 2007 government introduced mobile phone driving legislation which means it is now a separate driving offence to use a handheld mobile phone or similar device whilst driving. Similar devices can include SatNav navigation equipment and Blackberrys. Read More>

Foreign Drivers in the UK
Holders of foreign driving licences cannot be dealt with by fixed penalty and must be summonsed to Court. Any points that have been imposed by the Court are stored on a record held at the DVLA. These points will count for the purpose of totting up. Read More>

Vehicle Defect Offences
A uniformed police officer can stop a person driving a vehicle and also has the power to stop and search a vehicle if the vehicle appears to be in breach of the regulations relating to the construction of that vehicle. Read More>

Tachographs/HGV/LGV/PSV
If you are convicted then the matter will be reported to the Traffic Commissioner and your operator’s licence could be affected. This could result in your HGV, LGV or PSV vehicle being removed from the licence or being suspended for a period of time Read More>

Road Traffic/Traffic Light Offences
As with speed cameras it must be shown that the device and the camera attached to the device are correctly calibrated and the Prosecution must ensure that the chain of evidence is robust to successfully prove a traffic light offence case against you. Read More>

Failure to Stop and Report an Accident
This driving offence occurs when a road traffic accident (RTA) has occurred and the driver of the vehicle failed to stop at the scene of the accident or they do not exchange or provide their details. Read More>