KBG CHAMBERS' SPECIALIST MOTORING OFFENCE BARRISTERS
KBG CHAMBERS' SPECIALIST MOTORING OFFENCE BARRISTERS
Deni has been a barrister for nearly 25 years and has represented clients both in the Crown Court and Magistrates Court.
Through his years of experience, Deni has the benefit of his knowledge and understanding of how Magistrates deal with traffic offences.
In regards to cases in the Crown Court, Deni is able to advise on any appeals against Sentence or Conviction from the Magistrates Court.
Chris regularly acts for clients facing disqualification from driving as a result of being alleged to have been drink driving, drug driving, driving without insurance and facing ‘totting up’ as a result of accruing 12 or more penalty points over a period of three years. He acts regularly in the Magistrates Court and in the Crown Court.
By way of example, some of the cases Chris has dealt with include:
Chris was previously a solicitor before transferring to the Bar.
Successful appeal against sentence after client disqualified from driving for six months by the Magistrates Court under ‘totting up’. Exceptional hardship argued in the Crown Court which was accepted as a result of which disqualification was quashed. Appellant able to continue to fulfil his critical role within his own large business.
Successful ‘exceptional hardship’ plea in the Magistrates Court after the client had accrued 15 penalty points and therefore liable to disqualification under ‘totting up’. Decision allowed the client to keep his job.
Successful appeal against sentence to the Crown Court after the Defendant’s ‘exceptional hardship’ argument rejected in the Magistrates Court. Mandatory disqualification of six months reduced by the Crown Court to two months. Appellant able to continue to trade his self-employed business which was at risk of closure for the duration of the longer disqualification.
A client charged with speeding in excess of 100 mph on an A road and at risk of immediate disqualification. Successful plea to the Court not to disqualify because of specific personal circumstances that led to the speeding accepted by the Court and only six penalty points imposed by the Court.
Client blew 125 on a breathalyser which is almost four times the legal limit. Successful plea in mitigation with the result and the client was sentenced to a short community order rather than possible imprisonment.
New driver stopped driving without insurance within two years of obtaining his driver’s licence. Court persuaded to impose a very short period of disqualification instead of six penalty points which would have resulted in the Defendant automatically losing his licence, having to re-sit his theory and practical tests to regain his licence.
New driver stopped driving without insurance within two years of obtaining his driver’s licence. Court persuaded to impose a very short period of disqualification instead of six penalty points which would have resulted in the Defendant automatically losing his licence, having to re-sit his theory and practical tests to regain his licence.