Our client had been convicted in the Magistrates Court of failing to give details of the driver at the time of a speeding offence. He was given 6 penalty points and a £500 fine. He did not have a solicitor at the Magistrates Court.

We represented him on an appeal against conviction and sentence in the Crown Court. His defence was that he had replied to the notice, naming himself as the driver, and that it must have been lost in the post or not processed at the Ticket Office. He had no proof of posting. He did not reply to the second request as he believed this had simply crossed in the post with the first.

 He was charged with one offence, although the dates included the first and second request.

 At the appeal hearing, the Crown Court Judge questioned our client's failure to return the second notice. We pointed out that he was only charged with one offence and that the Prosecutor had presented the case on the basis that the charge related to the first failure. The Judge agreed that he must disregard the second failure.

The appeal was successful, with the penalty points and fine being quashed.

Our self-employed client relied on his Licence to work. The problem was that he'd been clocked speeding at 120MPH and he already had 12 penalty points on his licence.

He'd escaped a totting ban already due to an "administartive error" at the court, but now faced disaster if given the normal minimum six month disqualification.

Thankfully, we pursuaded the court to impose a very short ban for the speeding offence, thus not adding any more points to his licence and enabling him to continue in his work.

We successfully appealed our client's conviction for failing to obey the directions of Highways Agency Traffic Officers (see below  "First case for failure to obey Traffic Officers' directions").

At the Crown Court, the Judge agreed with our submissions and overturned the Magistrates' decision. The fine and penalty points were quashed and our client kept his clean driving record. The court paid our fees for representing our client throughout the original case and the appeal.

Our client was found by police in a car soon after it had crashed into a ditch. She had the car keys in her pocket. She was over the drink drive alcohol limit. We represented her at the police station and advised her to exercise her right of silence in the police interview.

At court, we advised her to plead not guilty.  We conducted a trial without our client even having to attend court (she had been summoned to court rather than being bailed). We successfully argued that the court could not draw any adverse inferences from her silence in interview or her choice not to attend and give evidence at the trial.

We pursuaded the court that there was insufficient evidence that she had driven the car and she was found not guilty.

Our client came to enquire about a quick divorce - he and his wife were separating by mutual consent.  Within 18 weeks, he and his ex-wife were happily divorced.  All financial and childcare issues were agreed to the satisfaction of both parties.  He thanked us for our no nonsense and non antagonistic approach.

We represented an officer from an emergency service accused of a public order offence whilst off-duty. The allegation was that he had been disorderly towards police officers. He had been suspended from work and his future career was at stake. We conducted a thorough preparation of his defence over several months. At the trial, we cross-examined the first police witness for over two hours, after which the Prosecutor threw in the towel and offered no evidence without even calling evidence from the remaining police witnesses. Our client got a Not Guilty verdict, kept his job and was awarded a costs order from the court.

The number of applications for Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO's) by the police and local councils has increased rapidly over the last few years.

In this case, the Council applied for an ASBO for our client following a number of incidents involving staff at a local takeaway. We had already successfully defended him in the criminal cases arising out of these incidents. We made strong representations to the Council that there was neither the grounds nor the evidence to support the application and that if it was pursued we would vigorously defend it. This pursuaded them to drop the application without the need for a full hearing.

Our client was a schoolboy prosecuted for sexual assault following an incident of "kegging" (pulling down someones' trousers from behind). The craze was widespread in the school and was usually dealt with by teachers.

In this case the police alleged that it was a sexual act and prosecuted our client. The Prosecutor refused to agree with our representations that this was nothing more than a childish prank which should have been punished within the school, not the criminal courts. We therefore fully prepared the case for trial, obtaining evidence from fellow pupils, teachers and even a clip of kegging from "You've Been Framed"!

At trial, the District Judge immediately found our client Not Guilty, praising our thorough preparation and criticising the Prosecutions decision to bring the case to court.

Our client kept his good character.

Our client was caught with a large number of cannabis plants in a sophisticated growing operation. A Guilty plea was inevitable, so we had to concentrate on getting the most lenient sentence possible.

We pursuaded the Prosecution to accept our clients guilty plea on a very limited basis. At the Crown Court, the Judge had to sentence our client on these facts. Our client left court a very happy man with a much lighter sentence than he was expecting.

We represented a client in the first ever case of failing to obey the directions of Highways Agency Traffic Officers.

The officers had set up a "rolling roadblock" to remove debris from the motorway. Our client passed their vehicle, unaware of the directions being given. This was the first prosecution brought under new powers in the Traffic Management Act 2004. The offence carries a maximum fine of £1000 and disqualification from driving.

Our client was fined £30 with 3 points endorsed on his licence. An appeal against conviction is pending. CLICK FOR UPDATE: Success on Appeal

We represented a member of the Mountain Rescue Team prosecuted following an accident whilst responding to an emergency call.

The crash resulted in serious injuries to the driver of the other vehicle. After studying the evidence we believed that our client was not at fault. Initial representations to the prosecutor were rejected so we obtained our own report from an expert crash scene investigator. This persuaded the prosecutor to drop the charges. We then obtained all of our client's costs (including our fees) from the court.

Our client was found at 3am by police in his van with the engine and headlights on. He was over the alcohol limit, but claimed he had no intention of driving. His employment relied on keeping his Driving Licence.

We carried out an early thorough review of the evidence and thought we may be able to pursuade the Prosecutor to drop the charge. Strong representations were made and the next day the charge was discontinued. We successfully applied for all of our fees to be paid by the court.