Motoring and Vehicle Crime

James defends and prosecutes road traffic cases and delivers results in cases involving excess alcohol/drugs, speeding, disqualification and totting up, exceptional hardship and special reasons arguments, the haulage industry etc. In his criminal practice, James utilises his wide knowledge of overlapping road traffic legislation and regulations from his personal injury practice and has recently put on a seminar on motor insurance matters involving the Road Traffic Act 1988.

Recent cases have involved:

• Defending a drunk in charge of a motor vehicle matter on the basis that the offence was not committed on a road or other public place.
• Prosecuting MP for Wakefield Imran Khan’s failed appeal against conviction for speeding.
• Prosecution of an appeal against conviction involving the use of a mobile phone whilst driving.
• Defending a charge of failing to provide a specimen for analysis on the basis of a reasonable excuse: a needle phobia.
• Disqualification hearing following speeding over 100mph.