Drink Driving Solicitors

If you have been stopped by the police on suspicion of drink driving, the expert solicitors at JMW can provide the legal assistance you need. It is important to first seek legal advice to ensure you are able to build a robust defence and to protect your rights. Our straightforward, no-nonsense approach is what sets us apart from the rest.

Speak to our team today by either calling us on 0345 646 0348 or by completing our online enquiry form, which will enable us to give you a call back at a convenient time.

Take our Drink Drive Penalty Calculator below to find out what the penalty could be for your motoring offence:

About Drink Driving Claims

For many people, facing a motoring prosecution can be daunting. Our expert team of motoring lawyers will offer help, advice and guidance tailored to your specific needs, whether it is in terms of defending the allegation or limiting the penalty imposed by the court.

There are many ways in which an allegation of drink driving can be challenged, depending on the particular circumstances of each case. The procedures involved in a drink driving charge can be highly complicated and technical, and could lead to procedural errors being made. If these mistakes are significant, they can result in either a case being dropped or a non-guilty verdict being returned.

Other cases may be determined on technical defences, while expert evidence can also play a crucial role. For more information on the law relating to drink driving, please visit these pages:

• Drink driving law
• Guilty and Not Guilty pleas in drink driving cases
• Defence of drink driving charges based on breath readings
• Defence of drink driving charges based on blood or urine samples
• Failing to produce a specimen

Drink Drive Limits

In England and Wales, the legal alcohol limits for motorists are:

• A maximum of 35 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath
• A maximum of 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100ml of blood
• A maximum of 107 milligrams of alcohol in 100ml of urine

Penalties

Drink driving penalties can be extremely severe. This is because drink driving is viewed by the courts as one of the most serious motoring offences due to alcohol’s known effect on the judgement and abilities of a driver, and the potential for an incident to cause serious harm to a driver or other members of the public.

Penalties can vary considerably depending on the circumstances of the case. While many cases can be successfully defended, this is not always the case and, in some instances, focus should be placed on ensuring any sentence is kept to a minimum. The motoring team at JMW is hugely experienced in presenting mitigation to the court and we are best placed to make sure your penalty is no harsher than it needs to be.

Why Choose JMW?

JMW has an enviable success rate when it comes to defending drink drive matters. Our success is built on our strong desire to protect the interests of motorists and our refusal to accept defeat. We at JMW believe that every case is winnable.

Our solicitors have extensive knowledge of the intricacies of procedures followed by the police when dealing with drink drive cases. They also have extensive technical knowledge relating to the functioning of the various breath testing machines used by police and the analytical methodology used when analysing blood/urine specimens.

We also have an association with many leading experts in areas such as:

• Forensic medicine
• Respiratory medicine
• Psychiatry
• Electronic engineering
• Forensic toxicology

This in-depth knowledge allows us to advance highly technical defences that other law firms are unaware of.