Criminal Defence and Motoring Offence Services
Solicitor Sean Reilly helps clients across the whole of the North West of England, from the first police interview through to trial and sentence.
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Motoring and speeding offences
Speeding Offences
A speeding charge can cost you your licence, your insurance premium and your job. STR Legal defends speeding allegations across the whole of the North West of England.
Drink Driving
Drink driving carries a minimum 12 month disqualification on conviction. There is far more that can be done about it than most people are told.
Drug Driving
A drug driving conviction carries a minimum 12 month ban, even where you felt completely fit to drive.
Fail to Provide a Specimen
Failing to provide can be punished more harshly than drink driving itself. It is also frequently defendable.
Totting Up and Exceptional Hardship
Reaching 12 points means a minimum 6 month disqualification unless the court is persuaded that a ban would cause exceptional hardship.
Failing to Identify the Driver (Section 172)
Failing to identify the driver is an offence under section 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. It applies when the registered keeper does not tell the police who was driving after receiving a Section 172 notice, and for individuals it carries 6 penalty points (endorsement code MS90) and a fine. Solicitor Sean Reilly can review your notice, explain whether a defence may apply and help you respond or prepare for court.
Driving Without Insurance
No insurance carries 6 to 8 points and can lead to a disqualification, particularly where it tips you into totting up.
Dangerous and Careless Driving
The line between careless and dangerous driving decides whether you face points or a lengthy disqualification and an extended retest.
Mobile Phone Driving Offences
Using a hand held device while driving means 6 points, and revocation of your licence if you passed your test within the last two years.
Criminal defence
Assault and Violent Offences
From common assault to section 18 allegations, the evidence in violence cases is often far weaker than the charge suggests.
Drug Offences
Possession with intent to supply allegations are built on inference. Inference can be challenged.
Bladed Article and Weapons Offences
Knife possession carries a strong presumption of custody, and that presumption can be rebutted with the right preparation.
Theft and Dishonesty Offences
Dishonesty allegations threaten your career as much as your liberty, particularly where you hold a professional registration.
Public Order Offences
Public order charges often follow a night out, an arrest and very little reliable evidence.
Police Station Representation
The interview is where most cases are decided. Free legal advice at the police station is your right, whatever the police suggest.
Speak to Sean Reilly today
Free consultation call, straight answers and no jargon. Available for police station attendance and court hearings across the North West.