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Drink Driving Scotland Mistake 4: Not Objecting to Evidence

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Mistake 4: Not objecting to Evidence at the Right Time…

If you are unaware of the law in relation to what and how evidence is and should be led, how can you consider tendering a proper and timeous objection?

Quite simply, if you don’t get this right you can easily be convicted before you realise the error of your ways.

Is not getting the professional advice worth the ban, the incovenience, financial hardship, loss of independence, social stigma and the effect on close relationships?

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Why You Need a Drink Drive Solicitor

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Why you need a drink drive solicitor in Scotland

Here are some interesting figues:

There were 11,782 drink-driving offences in Scotland in 2002. These included 820 drink-drive accidents, which resulted in 1,270 people being injured and 50 people being killed.

In 2002, of the 9,978 convictions for drunk driving in Scotland:

  • 9,468 (95%) cases were disqualified from driving.
  • The average length of disqualification was 22 months.
  • 8,537 (86%) cases resulted in a fine.
  • The average fine was £337.
  • 411 cases (4%) resulted in a custodial sentence.
  • 238 (2%) were admonished.
  • 31 cases (0.3% of cases) resulted in a life ban from driving.

Source: Scottish Executive

These figures mean just 5% were *not* disqualified from driving

Which means you need to get the odds on your side… because more than 80% of our clients successfully defend their cases Audit of 1000 General Road Traffic Cases Conduscted by Our Firm)

We were the first specialist road traffic solicitors in Scotland. Why not use our experience and success rate in *your* favour?

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