Drink & Drug Driving Defence Solicitors

Worried about losing your licence?

Over 35 Years In Practice

If you are facing a drink or drug driving charge you will be extremely worried about the consequences if you were to lose your licence.

If you want to know what happens if you get caught and the penalty for drink or drug driving, even if this is your first offence, you do not need to worry!

Our specialist drink and drug driving solicitors are here to help you every step of the way and even get your case dropped if there is a process not followed or a legal argument we can challenge.

"The result I had today in court was truly outstanding, your professionalism and determination representing my case was second to none. You will be highly recommended by me in the future. Thank you for everything, great result!"

MRS Y | CHESHIRE

90% Of Cases Won

If you want to know what our drink & drug driving solicitors cost, we are the most competitive in the UK and offer FREE initial advice.

We offer a payment plan to help you spread the cost with the same one to one service.

Get in touch for more information.

Over 40 Years In Practice

If you are facing a drug-driving charge you will be extremely worried about the consequences if you were to lose your licence.

If you want to know what happens if you get caught drug driving and the penalty for drug driving, even if this is your first offence, you do not need to worry!

Our specialist drug driving solicitors are here to help you every step of the way and even get your drug driving case dropped if there is a process not followed or a legal argument we can challenge.

"The result I had today in court was truly outstanding... highly recommended by me in the future. Thank you for everything, great result!"

MRS Y | CHESHIRE

90% Of Cases Won

If you want to know what our drink & drug driving solicitors cost, we are the most competitive in the UK and offer FREE initial advice.

We offer a payment plan to help you spread the cost with the same one to one service.

Get in touch for more information.

Alison

"Andrea was so helpful and knowledgeable and I really appreciate her advice. If we need further help she would be the first person I would turn to."

Ben Robinson

"Massive thanks to Andrea for her excellent and thorough advice. I had been unsure of how to approach an upcoming hearing and now feel a whole lot more at ease!"

Donna Rhoades

"All the advice given to me was absolutely brilliant and helpful. They were so caring and gave me such good advice!"

What Are The Drug Driving Sentencing Guidelines?

There are no sentencing guidelines for the new drug law at present and this has led to some significant differences in sentencing, if a bench equate the drugs sentencing to that of excess alcohol. The excess alcohol guidelines are based on respective levels of impairment but these cannot be compared to drugs because the illicit drug levels are not based on impairment. They are based on zero tolerance levels.

However, recent guidance suggests aggravating factors to increase sentence and disqualification so evidence of impairment in driving will increase your sentence and disqualification above the minimum Band C fine and 12 months disqualification.

If you have any aggravating factors such as being involved in an accident, committing another motoring offence at the same time, have numerous drugs in your system at high levels or this is not your first offence, you could be facing a high level community order (between 200-300 hours of unpaid work) or worse, a prison sentence of upto 6 months.

What Are The Drug Limits?

• Benzoylecgonine, 50 µg/L

• Cocaine, 10 µg/L

• Delta–9–Tetrahydrocannabinol (Cannabis and Cannabinol), 2 µg/L

• Ketamine, 20 µg/L

• Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), 1 µg/L

• Methylamphetamine – 10 µg/L

• Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA – Ecstasy), 10 µg/L

• 6-Monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM – Heroin and Morphine), 5 µg/L

• Clonazepam, 50 µg/L

• Diazepam, 550 µg/L

• Flunitrazepam, 300 µg/L

• Lorazepam, 100 µg/L

• Methadone, 500 µg/L

• Morphine, 80 µg/L

• Oxazepam, 300 µg/L

• Temazepam, 1000 µg/L

If you are looking to find out more, we can advise what the legal limits are based on your results.

Will I Go To Jail For Drug Driving?

• Mandatory minimum penalty of 12-month disqualification and a fine of 1.5 weeks’ net wages.

• For repeat offenders, a mandatory minimum penalty of 36-month disqualification along with a fine of 1.5 weeks’ net wages.

• Your driving licence will be endorsed for 11 years for drug driving.

• Possible prison sentence in high reading or repeat offender cases.

• Criminal record.

• Possible professional consequences such as loss of job/licence to practice.

• Significant insurance issues.

• Restrictions on foreign travel.

• Reputational damage.

We understand how you feel about the impact all the potential consequences can have on your work and family. We can help you every step of the way with outstanding expert advice and constant support throughout the process.

How Can Auriga Advocates Help Me?

We can help to alleviate all the worry and anxiety that facing an offence of drug driving can cause by giving free initial advice.
We can support you even before you are charged by providing representation at a police interview. READ MORE ABOUT POLICE STATION INTERVIEWS
We will review the evidence against you meticulously and keep both the prosecution evidence and your defence evidence under constant review.
We will keep you informed every step of the way.
We will answer all of your questions and concerns.
We ensure that you get the best representation in court because we only used advocates we know and trust.
If you are pleading guilty we will ensure that you have evidence in support of your mitigation and expert representation to secure the best result possible
We will listen and support you all the way without extra charge
We will agree to a fixed fee so that you have peace of mind financially and we also have payment options to spread the financial burden.

Auriga Advocates Ltd is a Limited Company, registered office Electra House, Electra Way, Crewe, CW1 6GL, Telephone number 01270 509496

Registered No 08928546 and is a law firm authorised and regulated by Solicitors Regulatory Authority SRA No 614279.

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Contact Details

Our FreePhone Number for FREE advice on :

Tel: 08000 55 66 31

Or you can Email our Solicitors for a call back on :

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