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Aggravating Features and Mitigating Factors: Why Two Similar Cases Can Produce Very Different Sentences

One of the most common misconceptions we encounter is the belief that sentencing is simply a mathematical exercise. Many motorists assume that once

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The Biggest Myths in Drink

The Biggest Myths in Drink and Drug Driving Defence

At Geoffrey Miller Solicitors, we regularly encounter prospective clients who’ve been misled by exaggerated claims from so-called motoring law

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Not a Special Reason, in Drink Driving Cases

Mouth Alcohol: A Defence, Not a Special Reason, in Drink Driving Cases

At Geoffrey Miller Solicitors, we often act in cases where clients are charged with driving with excess alcohol, but where the breath alcohol reading

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Why Medical Fitness in Police Custody Matters in Drink Driving and Drug Driving Cases

When someone is arrested on suspicion of drink driving or drug driving, what happens inside a police station can make or break a prosecution, or a

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The Hidden Truth Behind Breath Test Machines

What I Learned in Ohio That Most UK Lawyers Don’t Know In 2007, at the very early stages of my career in motoring law, I made a decision that still

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“Can I Have My Blood Back?” Why Your Right to a Sample Matters in Drink and Drug Driving Cases

If you’ve ever been arrested on suspicion of drink or drug driving and asked to provide a blood or urine sample, there’s a vital legal safeguard

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High risk offender

Are you classed as a High Risk Offender?

If you have been classified as a high risk offender, special rules will be applied by DVLA when it comes to being allowed to drive again following a

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Intoxicated

Alcohol-related offences and children

Whilst rare, there are provisions for the police to charge with an offence relating to caring for a child whilst intoxicated which ties-in with

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Plea options

Pleading Not Guilty – An analysis of the risks

When considering plea options, clients often worry that if they plead not guilty and are found guilty after a trial, they will receive a worse

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Owning a firearm licence and a drink or drug driving conviction

If you own a firearm licence, did you know that a drink or drug driving allegation may impact the likely continuation of your firearm licence or

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Mixed reviews for a government change of heart on magistrates’ sentencing powers.

What has changed? The Ministry of Justice confirmed on the 10th March 2023 that they have reversed the change made just over ten months ago to

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Don’t doze on the road!

The 17th of March is world sleep day, so what better time to discuss the relationship between 40 winks and driving? Driving whilst tired The first

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