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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
Motoring case : Trailer comes loose from tractor and damages house – Case dismissed on technical grounds
August 3rd
This was a driving case involving a tractor and trailer which became separated, the trailer subsequently crashing into a house. The defence successfully put forward submissions at the end of the prosecution case, and the Magistrates dismissed the case.
For details, read more…………..
Possession of controlled drugs (steroids) Are they a medicinal product?
May 9th
Possession of Stanozolol and Danabol took our client to the Crown Court, but because they were originally manufactured for medicinal purposes he was entitled to rely on sec 130 of the MISUSE OF Drugs Act 1971, and be acquitted.
A case where two defendants were charged with burglary ends with one pleading to handling stolen goods, but our client’s case was dropped.
January 18th
Two defendants were accused of a joint burglary, but when one in the Magistrates’ court pleaded to handling stolen goods the burglary charge against him was dropped. Our client had elected for Crown court trial, and the CPS had to reconsider their position. Read more…………………
