Our client was charged with participating in race with another vehicle by driving at excessive speed and overtaking said vehicle on the inside lane. We were able to submit a plea to the competency of the charge which led to the immediate desertion of proceedings.
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Our client was facing a minimum disqualification of 1 year along with an order to resit an extended driving test. We managed to persuade the Procurator Fiscal that the standard of driving was careless as opposed to dangerous (depsite being clocked at 115mph in a 60mph limit and overtaking vehicles in contravention of solid white lines). Our client was disqualified for only 6 months and a relatively modest fine of £450 was imposed....