News

February 2009

Successful Drink Driving Appeal

Mr S summoned to Walsall Magistrates Court in relation to an allegation of driving with excess alcohol.

Unwitting motorists face £1,000 fines as thousands of photocard driving licences expire

Thousands of motorists are at risk of being fined up to £1,000 because they are unwittingly driving without a valid licence.

January 2009

Proceedings discontinued

Mr J had been summonsed to Court in relation to driving without due care and attention.

Exceptional Hardship

Mr R was charged with no insurance. This has a minimum penalty points of 6.

Failing to furnish information/Driving without due care and attention

Mr G was charged with failing to furnish information and driving without due care and attention.

Drink driving

Mr J was involved in a serious road traffic accident. He had to be removed by the emergency services from his vehicle on a spinal board and unconscious.

Fail to provide

Miss N was arrested for drink driving. The reading in breath at the roadside was over 100.

Successful Appeal

Mr H had been convicted by the Magistrates for failing to furnish information

Successful Appeal

Mr G had been disqualified from driving for a period of 28 months for an offence of drink driving.

December 2008
Absolute discharge for speeding offence

Carl Millar, head of department, recently represented Mr M, whereby he was accused of travelling in excess of 100mph on the motorway.

October 2008
Challenge to £600m speed fines

EDINBURGH A roads campaigner has launched a court appeal claiming all speed cameras are illegal because they haven’t been approved by parliament.

Robbie the Pict, a community lawyer from the Isle of Skye, is arguing at the Appeal Court in Edinburgh that all evidence taken from speed-check devices in Scotland should be declared invalid. The 61-year-old also plans a similar case in England. He claims the government should have got separate Parliamentary approval for every different model of speed camera used.

His case dates back to an incident in which he was clocked on the M74 in Dumfriesshire by a laser device. It was alleged that he was driving at 85mph.

The campaigner says he is ‘absolutely’ confident he will win and believes the government could have to pay back an estimated £600m in fines issued to motorists.

September 2008
Recent Successes

Carl Millar, Head of Department, recently defended a gentleman at City of London Magistrates Court in respect of an allegation of driving without due care and attention. This offence carries obligatory endorsable
points between 3 – 9. The obvious concern for the defendant would be that he would be given 6 penalty points, which would take him up to 12 penalty points. At 12 penalty points, a defendant faces disqualification under the “totting up” procedure for a minimum disqualification period of 6 months.

August 2008
Five years in prison for careless drivers who kill

Motorists who kill while avoidably distracted at the wheel will face prison under new careless driving laws which come into force on Monday 18 August.

The new offences will, for the first time, allow courts to imprison drivers who cause deaths by not paying due care to the road, or to other road users. They are designed to plug the gap in current legislation and so prevent drivers who kill walking away from court with just a fine.

May 2008
Carl Millar joins Cunninghams Solicitors

We are pleased to announce the introduction of Carl to Cunninghams Solicitors. Carl has previously worked at prestigious national firm, Pannone & Partners and was also the manager at one of the country’s leading motor defence specialist firms. Carl brings with him a wealth of experience in defending clients on a national basis which adds to our team of expert lawyers at Cunninghams Solicitors

May 2008
Drivers now facing possible zero alcohol limit

Recent press coverage has commented that the government are considering a zero tolerance alcohol limit.

Jim Fitzpatrick, Road Safety Minister, has said “There is always an argument for zero tolerance…it is difficult to assess whether you are over the limit because people’s metabolisms are different and it depends on many different factors”.

Our concern at Cunninghams for motorists is that you could have some alcohol in your system by using popular brands of mouthwash which could lead to an automatic period of disqualification. This will have to be considered more closely by the government. Indeed, there are many ranges of products that can be obtained over the counter which contain traces of alcohol which could potentially lead to an automatic period of disqualification.

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