The ‘Lesser’ Road Traffic Offences - Everything You Need to Know

Introduction

This short webinar will consider road traffic offences at the lower end of the offending scale. You may be prosecuting such offences or defending or advising justices’ in this area.

Road traffic is never straightforward and this webinar will consider the Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 (as amended), case law and legislation.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Section 172 notices and the defences available
• Rule 7 of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 (as amended) - have the relevant time periods been complied with?
• The offences of driving without due care and attention and driving without reasonable consideration for other road users
• The private paying client and defendants costs orders
• Recent caselaw on the ‘hip-flask’ defence
• The amended Magistrates’ Court guidelines in relation to the length of a discretionary disqualification that should be imposed upon a potential totter
• Speeding - the legislation and caselaw
• Being frank as to what the trial issues are on the PET Form and the important case of R v Hallet
• Were the offences committed on the same occasion or on separate occasions? Consideration of the caselaw
• The essence of a Special Reason
• Exceptional Hardship and the guidelines
• Appreciating the importance of whether or not something is a ‘road’ or a ‘public place’

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Monday 11th January 2027

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