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November 21st, 2014

Driving licence saved for driver…

Ian Hodnett successfully argued special reasons not to disqualify a driver who had been accused of drink driving. The client had been accused of driving with excess alcohol having been required to move a vehicle a short distance to avoid a disturbance in the street. Mr Hodnett argued that given the circumstances and shortness of […]

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November 10th, 2014

Sheppards secure acquittal for man…

Stephen Rudge represented a man charged as part of a two person assault on a third male involving the use of a knife. It had been alleged that during the course of an incident the client represented by Sheppards had threatened to use the knife and held it to the neck of the victim. Following […]

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October 23rd, 2014

Sentence ruled manifestly excessive by…

Mark Nicholls appeared by before the Royal Courts of Justice, London on the 23rd October 2014 and successfully appealed against a sentence of 18 months imprisonment imposed at Stafford Crown Court. The client had earlier pleaded guilty to an offense of causing grievous bodily harm. The Court of Appeal judges agreed with the submission that […]

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