Nov/090
Finding Advice On Road Law Online
There will always come a time where you will be in need of legal advice. Whether this advice is for motoring, your rights, your property or finance, you will always be searching for some form of knowledge.
With the coming of the internet you are now able to find most sources of the knowledge online. Some excellent resources can be found when searching online but legal information can be difficult to find. Legal advice is one of the few areas where the internet has yet to take over.
Free motoring legal advice however is not difficult to find on the internet. This is because motoring advice is one of the things we are most in need of and of course going to a lawyer can be very costly. The internet proves to be the beginning level of information and when told to consult a lawyer we take that advice. However more often then not we know people who have experienced the same difficulties as ours and therefore their solution is usually a good option.
There are many free forums online that you can find legal motoring advice. However there are also some paid legal advice sites too, these are mainly when you are looking at the next level. These free forums are often moderated by actual attorneys and lawyers and the information that is passed is exceptional. Such freely shared information is the solutions to your problems, loopholes that can be found in the system and fines people have had to pay. The best forums are the ones that host question and answer sessions where you receive free answers from legal experts.
There are other places online other than forums where you are able to find motoring advice, which are dedicated to motoring accidents, driving and other areas of motoring legal advice. If you are comfortable with the online world then finding these websites will not be a problem and nor will asking them your questions!
For further information, and a free consultation please contact either patterson law, legal motoring advice or driverdefenceservice.co.uk, Driving without Due Care and Attention
Sep/090
Free Legal Advice
If you have been caught committing a motoring offence then you will need to act fast in order to be prepared. There are many areas of the law that are open to interpretation, everything needs to be completed correctly by the prosecuting officer otherwise you may well have grounds to contest the case.
A Special Reasons argument can be used to try to persuade the Magistrates, after giving evidence on oath, that it would not be appropriate in the circumstances to impose the penalty points. Special Reasons arguments are normally used in relation to avoiding bans in drink driving cases but, they can be used to avoid penalty points in relation to any of the endorsable offences.
When you argue Special Reasons you will have to provide evidence under oath that given the situation you were in it would be unfair to issue penalty points. The most common reason given is that they had an emergency i.e. there was a seriously injured passenger who they were taking to the hospital and exceeded the speed limit or ran a red light.
If the court deems that there were indeed Special Reasons in your circumstances, then you will not be issued any licence points. There aren't any particular definitions of Special Reasons, however you will have to prove that your situation was one of the following:
1. A mitigating or extenuating circumstance
2. It must not amount in law to a defence to the allegation
3. It must be directly connected to the commission of the offence
4. It must be something that the Court ought to take into consideration when deciding what punishment to impose.
Section 34 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act of 1988 is where you will find mention of the Special Reasons argument.