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Bank Holiday Opening Times May 2025
2nd May 2025 0 0Geoffrey Miller Solicitors are open over the Bank Holiday including 5th May 2025. If you need to speak with an expert motoring lawyer you can seek help from us immediately, rather than waiting until Tuesday 6th May 2025 when our offices are fully open. Our freephone number 0800 6523 961 will be operative from 10am…
New Sentencing Guidelines for Drug Driving
3rd July 2023 0 5On 15 June 2023 new sentencing guidelines for drug driving and in charge (excess drugs) were introduced that clarify a number of issues as follows: Higher culpability (responsibility) is a factor that courts take into account when deciding the severity of the penalty/sentence. This now includes a much clearer position on the presence of multiple drugs in…
Mental health and addiction
9th October 2021 0 0World Mental Health Day raises awareness of the increasing problems many millions of people across the globe suffer from with their mental wellbeing. At Geoffrey Miller Solicitors we speak to clients on a daily basis whose mental health was at crisis point prior to an arrest for a drink or drug related charge. Whilst we…
Drug Driving – Fake Danger?
20th September 2021 0 0Although the offence of drug driving has been around since 2015, I suspect that the vast majority of the nation’s motorists have no knowledge of the drug driving limits and the quantity and timing of drug consumption that would lead to a drug driving charge. Cannabis is by far the most common drug we see…
How Many Joints Make 2µg/Litre of Blood?
24th December 2020 38 9In March 2015 the Government introduced new limits and laws to create the offence of drug driving. They added eight illegal drug limits to their drug driving policy and recommend that they be classed a ‘zero tolerance’ drugs. Cannabis is by far the most common drug screened for and detected by the police. Despite this…
COVID-19 and the Courts
16th March 2020 0 0Whilst the country seems to be heading towards social distancing and even lockdown for some sectors of society, it remains unclear whether trials and court hearings generally will be cancelled. The current guidance from the government is as follows: GOV.UK Coronavirus Covid-19 and the Courts We are continuing to review the guidance issued and should…
An overview of drug driving
2nd March 2020 0 0Today marks the fifth anniversary of the implementation of the drug driving offence, since it first came into force on 2nd of March 2015 in England and Wales. Despite the offence being in existence for 5 years, we speak to people every day who do not appreciate the major difference this legislation has made to…
The Effects of CBD and Passive Smoking of Cannabis
28th February 2020 0 0The use of CBD products has been linked to numerous (seemingly miraculous) health benefits such as: However, the products for use in the UK do not typically offer any guidance about the risk of drug driving due to the taking of CBD oil. When embarking upon drafting this article, we found it surprisingly difficult to…
Police powers to require a drugalyser and search of a vehicle
20th February 2020 0 0Prior to the introduction of the simplified drug driving laws in 2015, drug driving arrests and convictions were notoriously more challenging for the police and prosecution. The figures for drug driving cases have grown exponentially since then due to the missing requirement to prove any level of impairment on the part of the suspect. Many…
Post Driving Drug Consumption
14th February 2020 2 1In the run up to the 5 year anniversary of the drug driving laws in the UK in March 2020, we address a number of novel issues relating to drug driving. Post Driving Drug Consumption A commonly known defence to the charge of drink driving is the “post driving consumption” defence. This defence, usually referred…
Drug Driving – 5 Years On – Forensic Reporting Procedures Explained
11th February 2020 0 0The offence of drug driving was introduced in the UK in March 2015. As we near the 5 year anniversary of the offence, over the next few weeks we will be taking a look at some of the specific issues relevant to the procedures involved in prosecutions and some of the trends we encounter. The…
Easter Bank Holiday Opening Times April 2019
17th April 2019 0 0Geoffrey Miller Solicitors are open over the Easter bank holiday weekend. If you need to speak with an expert motoring lawyer you can seek help from us immediately, rather than waiting until Tuesday 23rd April 2019 when our offices are fully open. Our freephone number 0800 6523 961 will be operative from 10am until 10pm…
