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Your Trusted Road Traffic Law Firm in Scotland
We are a team of dynamic, innovative motoring solicitors dedicated to keeping our clients on the road across Scotland. With over 110 years of combined experience, our firm specialises in defending road traffic offences, including dangerous driving, drink driving, and speeding cases. Our solicitors have successfully represented clients in complex trials, negotiating charge reductions and securing acquittals.We offer tailored legal strategies, leveraging our deep understanding of Scottish motoring law to achieve optimal outcomes. Our fees are competitive, with a free initial consultation and potential legal aid availability. As one of Scotland's most forward-thinking road traffic law firms, we combine expertise with a client-centric approach to protect driving privileges and livelihoods.
Services
Dangerous Driving
Drink Driving
Speeding Cases
Disqualification Appeals
Special Reasons Arguments
Exceptional Hardship Claims
Mobile Phone Offences
Insurance Disputes
Supercar Driver Defence
Motorcycle Prosecutions
Highlights and features
- We have over 110 years of combined experience in Scottish motoring law
- Our team successfully negotiates charge reductions and secures acquittals
- We offer competitive fees with free initial consultations
- Our solicitors have landmark victories against speed camera evidence
- We provide tailored legal strategies for professional and high-risk drivers
Services
Dangerous Driving
We defend serious dangerous driving charges involving mandatory disqualifications and extended driving tests. Our solicitors negotiate charge reductions to careless driving where possible, leveraging complex evidence analysis and court precedents. With extensive trial experience, we challenge prosecution cases to achieve acquittals or mitigated sentences for clients facing up to two years' imprisonment.
Drink Driving
Our specialists handle drink driving cases with mandatory 12-month bans, including post-incident drinking defences and ban reduction applications. We successfully negotiate rehabilitation course participation to reduce bans by 25% and challenge evidential breath test accuracy. Our team has secured acquittals for high-profile clients using technical and procedural defences against alcohol-related charges.
Speeding Cases
We challenge speeding prosecutions involving GATSO, SPECS, and UNIPAR SL700 systems through technical calibration challenges and procedural errors. Our landmark victory against UNIPAR laser speed meters demonstrates our expertise in defeating 'infallible' speed detection technology. We regularly secure acquittals for public figures and professional drivers facing penalty points and insurance implications.
Disqualification Appeals
We handle Section 42 applications for early disqualification removal after serving minimum bans. Our solicitors prepare compelling petitions demonstrating changed circumstances and rehabilitation, particularly for employment-dependent clients. With deep knowledge of DVLA medical requirements, we assist high-risk offenders in meeting reinstatement criteria through comprehensive documentation and court representation.
Special Reasons Arguments
Our team develops special reasons defences to prevent penalty points for honest but mistaken beliefs about insurance status or other mitigating circumstances. We present detailed legal arguments and precedents to convince courts that exceptional factors warrant leniency, avoiding disqualifications and maintaining clean driving records for professional and new drivers.
People
David Nicholson
Director
Qualified solicitor with extensive road traffic law experience, specialising in complex dangerous driving prosecutions and disqualification mitigation strategies.
Terry Gallanagh
Director
Landmark UNIPAR SL700 speed camera appeal winner, renowned for technical challenges against 'infallible' speed detection systems across Scotland.
Charlie McCusker
Consultant
Senior legal advisor with decades of experience in exceptional hardship claims and high-risk offender rehabilitation requirements for licence reinstatement.
Questions
What road traffic offences do you specialise in?
We handle all Scottish motoring offences including dangerous driving, drink driving, speeding, disqualification appeals, and special reasons arguments for penalty point avoidance.
Can you reduce drink driving bans?
Yes, we successfully negotiate rehabilitation course participation to reduce bans by 25% through Section 34A applications in appropriate cases.
Do you handle speed camera prosecutions?
We challenge GATSO, SPECS, and UNIPAR SL700 cases using technical calibration challenges and procedural errors to secure acquittals for clients.
How do you assist professional drivers?
We protect driving licences for transport industry professionals through tailored defences, exceptional hardship claims, and disqualification mitigation strategies.
What payment options are available?
Fees are calculated case-by-case with competitive rates. Free initial consultations and potential legal aid eligibility assessments are available for qualifying cases.
