Drink Driving

One of the most common needs for legal advice comes from drivers who have been caught driving over the legal alcohol limit, with over a hundred thousand positive breathalyzer readings each year!

In addition to the serious legal consequences of drink driving, employers can legitimately use your inability to drive or your conviction as a reason to terminate your employment.

Custodial sentences start with a minimum of three months, with death by drink driving carrying a sentence of up to eleven years.

Any points put on your license will remain even after the driving ban you are given has run out and you will almost certainly be required to undertake a more advanced driving exam before you are allowed to drive again. Affordable insurance will also be hard to find after a drink driving conviction.

If you are caught drink driving then it is important that you instruct a specialist solicitor to represent you. They will advise you of all the consequences and may be able to minimise the severity of any penalties handed out by a court. In certain cases, where legal procedures have not been followed correctly they may be able to use their experience to try to ensure that you avoid any penalty at all.