Alcohol technical defence
Reporting areas
- Post driving consumption - Failure to provide
- Laced drinks (unwitting consumption) - Device error messages
- Effects of medications on breathalysers - Procedural issues
- Effects of acid reflux on breathalysers
Applicable charges
- Driving a motor vehicle whilst over the prescribed limit (S5 of the Road Traffic Act)
- In charge of a motor vehicle whilst over the prescribed limit (S5 of the Road Traffic Act)
- Driving whilst unfit through drink or drugs (S4 of the Road Traffic Act)
- In charge of a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (S4 of the Road Traffic Act)
Expert assistance with blood, breath or urine alcohol calculations for drink drive/drunk in charge cases. Calculations can be conducted to assess an individual's likely alcohol level at the time of driving and evidential test based on their recollected drink intake. An assessment can then be made whether an individual would have been under or over the legal limit to drive at the time of driving and/or evidential test.
Please see the routine reporting areas offered below. If you have a bespoke issue you would like to discuss or charge that is not listed below, feel free to get in touch for scientific advice.