Driving Offence Solicitors Solihull

If you have committed a Driving Offence in Solihull or have received a Postal Requisition / Summons to attend Birmingham Magistrates’ Court, call our Motoring Offence Solicitors on 0345 222 9955 or complete our Enquiry Form and one of our Specialist Motoring Offence Lawyers will respond to your enquiry by providing you with an initial telephone assessment about your Motoring Offence Prosecution.

Specialist Motoring Defence Lawyers for Solihull

Our solicitors and barristers have substantial experience in representing motorists throughout the country for offences such as Drink Driving, Speeding, Totting-up and very serious motoring offences such as Causing Death by Careless Driving.

Our lawyers frequently attend and successfully defend motorists appearing before Birmingham Magistrates Court, the closest Magistrates’ court to Solihull.

Avoid a Driving Ban in Solihull

If you have been charged with a motoring offence, you should firstly contact one of our specialist solicitors to establish whether you need legal representation for your case. In certain circumstances you may not require representation, if our lawyers form the opinion that you do not require a lawyer for your driving offence, they will inform you from the outset.

If you have a defence, our lawyers will inform you and will recommend that you plead not guilty. We would prepare your case for Trial and provide you with the best chance of being found Not Guilty.

In other circumstances, you may require a solicitor to represent you at Court for your Sentence Hearing to ‘Mitigate’ on your behalf. This is so that you receive the lowest sentence possible. Our lawyers frequently represent clients before Birmingham Magistrates’ Court. They have many years’ experience in convincing the Court to take into consideration personal mitigation, which can result in avoiding a Driving Ban.

If you already have 6 to 9 penalty points endorsed upon your driving licence and you are facing additional points for a further driving offence, our lawyers can be instructed to make a Special Reasons Argument or an Exceptional Hardship Argument in an attempt to avoid a Driving Ban.

Covering All Driving Offences Including Dangerous Driving

We cover the full range of driving offences at Kang & Co. One of the areas we cover is dangerous driving.

Dangerous driving is the most serious (non-fatal) motoring offence that you can face. If convicted, you can face a custodial sentence of up to two years and a lengthy disqualification period. When you can re-apply for your licence, you can also expect extended re-testing.

The offence is committed when the way a person drives falls far below what would be expected of a competent, careful driver and it would be evident to a competent and careful driver that driving in that way would be dangerous.

Whether a person’s driving amounts to driving dangerously is assessed by a test that concentrates upon the nature of the driving rather than the driver’s state of mind at the relevant time. The first aspect of the test requires the driving to fall ‘far below what would be expected of a competent and careful driver’ and the second aspect of the test requires the dangerousness of the driving to be ‘obvious to a competent and careful driver.’

Driving dangerously could potentially result in a prison sentence, a driving ban and a substantial court fine. A charge of this nature should be taken very seriously and expert legal advice should be sought as soon as possible.

When preparing a case, each aspect of the evidence should be considered by an expert motoring law solicitor to identify weaknesses in the prosecution case and whether a defence is available.

Solihull Magistrates’ Court

Since January 2014 Solihull Magistrates’ Court cases have been heard at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court. In 2016, due to Government cut-backs Solihull Magistrates’ Court was permanently closed, therefore driving offences committed in Solihull, which would otherwise have been heard at Solihull Magistrates’ Court are now heard at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court.

Travelling to Birmingham Magistrates’ Court from Solihull by Train

Birmingham Magistrates’ Court (Victoria Law Courts) is located in the city centre of Birmingham. It is just a short 9/10 minute walk from Birmingham New Street Station. Walking is the quickest way of reaching the court from the station, though if you wish to get a taxi from the station to the court, that is possible.

Travelling to Birmingham Magistrates’ Court from Solihull by Car

If you or someone else is driving to Birmingham Magistrates’ Court from Solihull make sure you leave out with plenty of time to spare before your hearing. The drive from Solihull can take between 25-45 minutes depending on traffic. 

The court has no onsite parking, but there is a large car park very close to the court. The car park is called Birmingham Londonderry House Parking, an NCP car park. This is paid parking.