Seem to recall reading some reports in papers recently about various forensic screw ups which seem to follow on from contracting out of such tests several years ago.

As RT says you need proper legal advice. I'd normally suggest contacting your local Citizens Advice and seeing if they have pro bono (ie free) appointments with a solicitor but this is pretty specialised.

There are plenty of solicitors who advertise their expertise in the drug driving field via Google and other places. Try and find three names local to you and give each of them a call. Most will give you 5-10 minutes of their time to give you an idea of the hurdles that need to be jumped and the likely cost.

If the CPS will offer no evidence and no objection to appeal out of time then it may be pretty simple.

If it's all done and dusted, why not just leave it be and let it be water under the bridge, why drag it all back up again?

Besides I'm going to guess that you were guilty of the offence that you were prosecuted for anyway as you haven't denied it, and the only questionable bit is the amount present in your system.

Edited by Simon on 31/12/2018 at 20:46

Here is a link to a firm of solicitors who are currently active on this subject.

www.hudgellsolicitors.co.uk/news/civil-liberties/l.../

No connection - I just found them by searching the internet.

I don't agree with spurious claims but if this really is the perversion of justice it appears then I would be inclined to pursue the matter. Good luck.

Cheers Concrete

Agree with those sentiments entirely, i too cannot abide the general claimsRus culture, but if someone has been wronged, and this appears to be the case here, then it wants putting right, your reputation restored (goodness knows what future job/travel/emigration prospects could have been ruined), and suitable restitution awarded.

Did you take drugs that day ?? The report is no more then red tape but did you actually take drugs while driving or close enough to driving before going out on the road ?

The police are duty bound to give you all the alternatives, often it is used as a template and is not individual to your case, like reading your rights.

Lawyers will always try and tell you that you need a lawyer as they are earning money from it, I have never come across a lawyer who will tell you the are not needed while there is money to be made.

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