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Please read the articles below for details of cases involving Michael J Reed Ltd.

These include a number of cases where we have succesfully defended clients who have been prosecuted for Road Traffic Act motoring offences


Driving under the influence of drugs

July 3rd

An interesting case which examines the law and the evidential requirement/tests required to prove the offence of driving whilst unfit through drugs.

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Cannabis and the Human Rights Act

September 24th

Neil Morgan was charged with possession of fourteen grammes of herbal cannabis and cultivation of one cannabis plant. Neil Morgan argued in the Crown Court that article 8, the Right to Respect for Private Life, applied in this case

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Raphael Gray internet “hacker” exposes Microsoft security weaknesses

March 28th

Raphael Gray, known as Curador, was arrested by FBI agents at the age of 18 in March 2000 at the end of an FBI investigation into computer hacking. Curador had set up a website on which he had published some credit card numbers in order to draw attention to security weaknesses in computer software.

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