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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
Young lorry driver and the complications of HGV insurance
December 10th
Our client was a nationally recognised horseman, travelling all over the country to show horses. He had applied for an HGV licence and was assured by DVLA that he could drive a lorry with L plates if he had an authorised driver with him. However, when he was stopped by the police, his situation was not so straightforward.
Prosecution withdrawn in case of possession of mephedrone
December 10th
Our client had been charged with possession of an unknown quantity of mephedrone which he had purchased while it was still a legal high. He decided to elect for Crown court trial.
Absent minded in Tesco? Expect to be prosecuted
December 6th
The Crown Court judge indicated that the courts were for dealing with proper cases, not ones such as this where a perfectly reasonable explanation had been given at the earliest opportunity, and the defendant at age 67 had a completely clean record.
