Overall speed limits have remained unchanged for many years. Although there was some talk last year of an increase to 80mph, recent newspaper reports have suggested a change of heart by the coalition. Speed limits were first introduced as long ago as 1865. Between 1865 and 1896 locomotives on the road had to be preceded […]
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Our client was accused of doing 62mph in a 50 zone on the A491 in Worcestershire. Although the road was a dual carriageway with a central reservation, the Prosecution claimed that the speed limit was 50 mph. Our client believed that he was driving within the national speed limit of 70. Our client already had nine […]
TV cameras will be allowed into the Court of Appeal from October. The Government has already announced plans to allow filming in the Crown Court, but no date has yet been fixed. The Lord Chief Justice has warned that cameras in Court may deter witnesses and provoke disruptions. Crown Court filming will only apply to the Judge’s sentencing remarks […]
The government has said it will appeal against a court ruling that the law which requires people to disclose all previous convictions to certain employers, regardless of their relevance to the job in question, is a breach of human rights and disproportionate. The case involves a job applicant, who had to disclose police warnings he […]
From 11th January 2013 the DVLA has made it more difficult for non EU drivers to exchange their foreign licence for a British one. The change in law means requests to exchange driving licences from outside the EU will only be accepted if the licence holder can prove they passed a driving test in a country […]