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Its a reliable indication of how good you are as a defence lawyer when the Police Federation ask you for advice !
"Thank you for all your help. After our conversation I wrote out a plan, for the officer, for court. He printed it off and used it when addressing the bench. This included the legal points, his position and that of CPS. In short it worked and he was found not guilty."
John Grant
Chairman - Thames Valley Police Federation
Instructed 4pm yesterday! Succesfully won trial today at 2pm....!
Patterson Law Lawyer Ria Pleass strikes again on behalf of motorist at risk of a ban...read on..
In October 2009 the government brought in legislation resulting in innocent people not being able to recover their full legal costs when found not guilty.
The Law Society launched a judicial review and won!! Read on....
The following is an email exchange between Emma Patterson and a solicitor that is applying to become a duty solicitor at the police station and magistrates court.....
See what you think ! If you want an expert in road traffic law then don't take risks with who you instruct.
New service from Patterson Law achieves great success rates....
Last October the government decided in its wisdom to bring in legislation which meant that if you successfully defended yourself in a criminal matter you could only recover your reasonable fees at legal aid rates.
Ironically you cannot get legal aid for the vast majority of road traffic offences and most people that can afford to run a car would not be elligable for legal aid anyway! Further the vast majority of genuine Road Traffic Offence Law experts are not in a position to work for legal aid rates.
The law society launched a judicial review of the legislation. There have been some developments and an intial response from Government Lawyers.
The following is an extract from TimesOnline 27.5.10........
As far as we know we are the only lawyers in the country that openly advertise our success rates.
We believe that you have a right to know how well we do at what we do!
We also believe that to be the best we have to keep a close eye on what we achieve so that we never let our standards slip. Look at our amazing statistics to see for yourself.....
Crown Proscution Service withdraw allegation at 11th hour - after rejecting intial representations....
South West magistrates Court finds that farmer's field used as a fee paying car park in the summer is not a public place !
We handle all our cases with the utmost care, but sometimes a client needs a greater degree of support and flexibility than would normally be required. This can be due to work commitments or only being available to give instructions at unsociable hours. It may also be down to the need to manage media coverage of their case or the potentialy devasting impact of a ban on their business/job.
In light of this we have decided to introduce "The Platinum Service".....
Notice of intended prosecution received more than 14 days after the alleged offence?
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We have just won an important victory at Truro crown Court in relation to an allegation of speeding.
The Judge found that the speed trap at A30 Temple Junction - was potentially unreliable and the conviction in the Magistrates Court was unsafe....read more