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Applying for a taxi licence? What you need to know
Over the past few months, Moore Motoring Law have been helping and advising more and more drivers looking to apply for a…
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Driving Whilst Using a Mobile Phone
The current mobile phone legislation was introduced to prevent drivers using a mobile phone whilst driving due to the safety issues. It…
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Increase in the Number of Unrepresented Defendants
Research suggests that the number of people appearing unrepresented in court is on the increase. The threshold for the means test of…
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Driverless Cars
The advent of driverless and automated cars will potentially bring many benefits by making driving easier, improving road safety, reducing emissions and…
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Proposed Changes to Sentence Reductions for Early Guilty Pleas
Presently the guidelines recommend a one third reduction when a guilty plea is entered at the first reasonable opportunity. Under the new…
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Supreme Court Dismisses Parking Ticket Challenge
Barry Beavis has lost his challenge against his ‘unfair’ parking fine. The case depended upon whether the Supreme Court found the £85…
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Smokers and Soft Top Cars
With effect from 1st October 2015 there is to be a partial ban on smoking in an enclosed private vehicle carrying more…
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Parking company accused of cheating
UK Parking Control has been stripped of its power to enforce parking tickets due to allegations that wardens were falsifying time stamps…
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Penalty Points and Perverting the Course of Justice Equals Prison
The recent case of R v Walker confirmed the court’s stance on driving offenders who pervert the course of justice by asking…
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