Recommended a good solicitor in Londonderry/ Derry for motoring offence

cozzyman

Hi all

I recently got stopped by the police and they checked my car and it turned out my

insurance had run out the day before my fault , i renewed on the spot over phone but

police are pushing for conviction, ive already 6points so this is

going to court automatically and paper work says its will be Derry/Londonderry so im

trying to sort a good solicitor that will hopefully get me the min points/fine.

Can anyone recommend a good solicitor in that area

Thanks

qwert_yuiop

I can’t see you avoiding a ban, no matter who your solicitor is.

cozzyman

yeah its not looking too good
pretty much going to mess up my life
for sake of messing up my renewal date by 24hrs

qwert_yuiop

I got six points for a roughly similar offence, doing someone a good turn. The judge accepted it was an honest mistake, still nailed me. I didn’t think it was worth paying for a solicitor since I was otherwise clean and pleading guilty. 

cozzyman

so u didnt get a solicitor?

yeah i think 6points is a given im hoping to get a 2week ban rather than 6months

macman

What is the point of getting a solicitor in these circumstances? You're presumably pleading guilty, as there is no defence to this charge, so all they are going to be able do is offer a short speech in mitigation.
You are more likely to elicit sympathy from the bench if you do that yourself.

TonyMMM

Assuming the process in NI is the same as E&W (not always the case)....the offence of driving with no insurance will get you 6pts, which assuming the other 6pts were still current on the date of the insurance offence, will see you disqualified for 6 months under the totting procedure.

You can seek to reduce, or avoid, such a ban by making a submission of exceptional hardship ....you should be considering what would make your case "exceptional". Generally, the effect a ban would have on others carries more weight than the effect on yourself.

qwert_yuiop

TonyMMM said:

Assuming the process in NI is the same as E&W (not always the case)....the offence of driving with no insurance will get you 6pts, which assuming the other 6pts were still current on the date of the insurance offence, will see you disqualified for 6 months under the totting procedure.

You can seek to reduce, or avoid, such a ban by making a submission of exceptional hardship ....you should be considering what would make your case "exceptional". Generally, the effect a ban would have on others carries more weight than the effect on yourself.

Correct. A friend who was a junior doctor at the time of her repeated speeding charges (and also happens to be extraordinarily good looking) pleaded that her patients would suffer if she couldn’t drive and got banned for three months instead of six. It was nonsense - she lived on the Lisburn road and worked in The city hospital. Cycling distance.

Insurance is still dear for her twenty years later.

qwert_yuiop

macman said:

What is the point of getting a solicitor in these circumstances? You're presumably pleading guilty, as there is no defence to this charge, so all they are going to be able do is offer a short speech in mitigation.
You are more likely to elicit sympathy from the bench if you do that yourself.

You’d think that, but I’ve been told by a police inspector that the lawyers expect you to play the game, and those who defend themselves tend to come off worse.

qwert_yuiop

You’ll be lucky to get as short a ban as that.

Duncannnn

What we’re you first 6 for....no insurance?