Expert advice from leading drink driving solicitors
As Drink Driving Solicitors for the defence we are in a unique position due to our extensive knowledge of this area of law to go through your individual circumstances to see what can be done to keep your driving licence.
The most common misconception is that the court has the discretion to allow you to
keep your driving licence, if you explain how difficult it will be to lose it.
The Court has a minimum sentence and if convicted they must give you a minimum
of twelve months disqualification. Your personal mitigation cannot have any
effect upon this.
However, as drink driving defence lawyers we will go through each case with a fine tooth comb to assess whether a guilty plea is your best option. Often a breath test procedure can be investigated for operator error or breaches of procedure and if there has been a problem a Court will often be left with no option but to follow the case law and acquit the accused. We make no guarantees of acquittal and you should not listen to anyone who does, but what we can guarantee is that our experts will look at every stage of the procedure to see if a Guilty plea really is your only option.
Even if we advise you to plead guilty our expert knowledge of case law and
statute can in fact allow a Court to impose no disqualification. This is
explained in further detail in our Drink Driving Defences section but our expert
solicitors are happy to speak to you right now to explain to you what we can do
without any initial charges.
Let us explain what you need to know to understand drink driving and excess
alcohol.