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Hammond Trotter Solicitors are UK Leaders in Motoring Offences from Drink Driving, Drug Driving, Driving Bans and Speeding Offences. Speak to one of our leading Solicitors regarding what legal advice we offer.

How Many Units Of Alcohol Before Driving

The sensible answer to this question is that you should avoid drinking any alcohol before driving a vehicle, or make alternative arrangement such as taking public transport, taxis or using a designated driver.

Lots of websites will try and tell you the amount of each type of alcohol you can have and still safely drive but you should not trust this advice.

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Electric Scooter UK Law

The UK Government are currently trialling an E-Scooter rental scheme across parts of the country. Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Milton Keynes are all currently taking part in the scheme with 11 of the 33 London Boroughs set to roll out E-Scooter rental in the coming months.

We are often asked if these scooters are legal or not and if they can be driving whilst the rider is intoxicated. As well as what happens if I’m caught Drink Driving on an Electric Scooter.

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Pervert the Course of Justice

We are forever receiving enquiries from people, innocently believing that if they name another person they can escape punishment!

They’ve heard stories from a friend of a friend of a friend, who never heard anything back from it so surely it must work?

We can assure you that that it does not work, after representing hundreds of clients over the years after they have put themselves in that position and ultimately been charged with perverting the course of justice!

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Missed Speed Awareness Course 2021

We receive many enquiries from people that have missed speed awareness courses for a variety of different reasons, such as illness, work or just that pure fact that its slipped their mind!

There may be some good news, if you are still within time you may be able to rebook onto the course! You will however need to contact the course provider directly to see if this is possible.

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Police Procedure for Arresting Someone UK

Police Procedure for Arresting Someone UK – Understand the procedure

It is essential to understand what is correctly and incorrectly when learning how will a police officer pull you over?

Receiving the best available legal advice when you may be charged with a driving offence can be the difference between being found guilty and receiving a heavy finedriving banmultiple points and/or a prison sentence, to walking free without charge.

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