The team at Ashmans Motoring Lawyers are experts in defending drink driving cases. Our solicitors have a comprehensive understand of all aspects of this charge including the legal limits, the problems with breathalysers, blood samples and urine testing, drink driving sentencing guidelines, and how to construct robust drink driving defences.

The penalties for drink driving vary depending on the specific offence. You can find out more about the penalties for drink driving here

Or, you can use our Drink Driving Ban Calculator to predict what kind of penalty you might be facing, based on the circumstances of your case.

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Whether you can be prosecuted for the level of alcohol in your system depends on whether your test shows you are over the legal limit. You can find out more about the legal limits here

To test your alcohol level police will administer a breathalyser test at the roadside and again at the police station. Officers can also request that you take blood or urine tests to confirm your blood alcohol level, usually if the breathalyser if faulty or if your medical condition prevents breath testing. How these samples are taken and the process the police follow can provide a number of possible defence strategies. These are issues we consider in great detail on your behalf. Similarly, it is crucial that police charge the correct offence as different charges incur penalties that are more or less severe.

We are experts in drink driving defences. Find out more about how we can help you here