Legal representative for drink driving
Legal representative for drink driving
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menor95

Original Poster:

201 posts

157 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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Hi all.

Looking for good legal representative in the London/ Surrey area relating to a drink driving offence. Please let me know who is good.

Pascal

ridds

8,372 posts

275 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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Not sure about DD but this guy helped me through a 104mph deal.

Be warned, this WILL cost you. £150 per hour, including travel to and from court etc.

Best advice is right everything down that you can remember now as you will forget by the time you get to court.

Also, best to find a brief who goes to the court you are summoned to often. This way they will know the mags and how to approach them.

However, it is very likely you will lose you licence, depends if you think a £600+ legal bill is worth shortening that ban by a few months as I suspect that's all they'll be able to do.

Why did you fail to provide? Refusal or incapacitated?

ridds

8,372 posts

275 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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http://stephenthomaslaw.co.uk/

The link would help...

menor95

Original Poster:

201 posts

157 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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ridds said:
Not sure about DD but this guy helped me through a 104mph deal.

Be warned, this WILL cost you. £150 per hour, including travel to and from court etc.

Best advice is right everything down that you can remember now as you will forget by the time you get to court.

Also, best to find a brief who goes to the court you are summoned to often. This way they will know the mags and how to approach them.

However, it is very likely you will lose you licence, depends if you think a £600+ legal bill is worth shortening that ban by a few months as I suspect that's all they'll be able to do.

Why did you fail to provide? Refusal or incapacitated?
Incapacitated unfortunately. The case for me is not as simple unfortunately.

menor95

Original Poster:

201 posts

157 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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menor95 said:
Incapacitated unfortunately. The case for me is not simple unfortunately. Thanks for the link BTW.

ridds

8,372 posts

275 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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Is that how the police saw it though? Or did they just think you were blowing a bit limply?

Yes I have read the details in the other posts.

menor95

Original Poster:

201 posts

157 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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http://londondrinkdrivingsolicitor.co.uk/

Has anybody used this firm before?



agtlaw

7,417 posts

237 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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menor95 said:
http://londondrinkdrivingsolicitor.co.uk/

Has anybody used this firm before?
No, but I know him (vaguely). Good bloke. Recommended.

Vaud

59,798 posts

186 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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agtlaw said:
No, but I know him (vaguely). Good bloke. Recommended.
Shame - with all that legal training and he can't even spell correctly on his own website... hope his advice is better...

menor95

Original Poster:

201 posts

157 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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Interesting. He got back to me quickly and prepared docs. I spotted the errors on the website too.


JustinP1

13,363 posts

261 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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www.bettercallsaul.com no spelling mistakes on this one.


Seriously though I saw the site you mentioned and thought of this.

My personal view is if you're trading on the qualities of a single person, do that. Don't hide behind 'we' and pretend you are a big firm.

Edited by JustinP1 on Monday 9th February 22:35

vincenz

694 posts

263 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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OP are you planning to not plead guilty?

If you're pleading guilty then just use the duty solicitor, maybe worth getting the sentencing guidelines up and seeing where you sit.


paintman

7,860 posts

221 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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The OPs original thread - with almost all of his own posts removed, but not the ones that others preserved by quoting just in case he did that - is here:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Failed/refused to provide a specimen. Claims to have been spiked but appears little evidence ATM to support that.



Edited by paintman on Tuesday 10th February 12:57

Soov535

35,829 posts

302 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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agtlaw is your man.


IanA2

2,897 posts

193 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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Rich student.

Jonjo91

1,887 posts

189 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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In the space of 2 days you've gone from drifting around a car park in the snow, to crashing said car and claiming you had your drink spiked.

I really don't like making assumptions but you've not helped anyone here. You drove,crashed & failed to provide a sample after having, what, 6 units of alcohol?

I don't think this case or any lawyer is going to get much off whatever sentence you get.

You have (had) a nice car & bike so in true PH style I hope it does go well for but in the likely event it doesn't chalk it up and don't drive after any drink.

agtlaw

7,417 posts

237 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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Soov535 said:
agtlaw is your man.
Thanks, but not for this one. I've deemed it "unsuitable for public access."

Soov535

35,829 posts

302 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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agtlaw said:
Soov535 said:
agtlaw is your man.
Thanks, but not for this one. I've deemed it "unsuitable for public access."
Understood.

pork911

7,365 posts

214 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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IanA2 said:
Rich student.
sad

JustinP1

13,363 posts

261 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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agtlaw said:
Soov535 said:
agtlaw is your man.
Thanks, but not for this one. I've deemed it "unsuitable for public access."
smile