We are often asked if you can drive in Great Britain with a foreign driving licence and for how long. If you have an EU (or EEA) licence you can drive in Great Britain until you’re 70, or for three years after becoming resident here, whichever is longer. After that, you need an exchange licence. […]
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Following a rarely used legal procedure, Richard Silver Solicitors have won back a client’s driving licence which the DVLA had refused to issue on medical grounds. In desperate need of a licence for his work, and after a recommendation by another client, the driver approached us. As a result of our intervention and an Appeal to the Magistrates’ […]
Since our last post, a number of speeding convictions at Leamington Spa Magistrates Court and Solihull Magistrates Court have been quashed. This was despite objections from the Crown Prosecution Service. These cases are now listed for trial. If you may be affected, and would like advice about your legal options, you should contact Richard Silver […]
On 22nd March 2013 a Judge at Leamington Spa Crown Court said that motorists who have been prosecuted for speeding in connection with the M6/M42 variable speed limit cameras should be able to apply to the Magistrates’ Court to re-open their cases. HHJ Orme said “It would be inequitable to deny those convicted the opportunity […]
UPDATE: Further information on this news item can be found here. Thousands of speeding convictions on the M42 motorway could be overturned because the variable speed limit signs did not comply with regulations. Convictions going back over 6 years to 2006 could be affected. The signs were on the M42 between junctions 3a to seven […]