- Update/Intermediate *6 hours CPD
Alcohol and drug related driving offences have complicated statutory framework around which a wealth of case law interpretation has built up. This course, designed with the needs of the busy practitioner uppermost, is intended to provide both an up to date review of the relevant law and a structure for approaching cases in the field. Aspects covered include.
- Reasonable cause to suspect
- Power of arrest
- Evidence of being in charge/driving
- Statutory defence to in charge and the reverse burden
- Impairment and unfitness
- Preliminary tests, police station samples and failure to provide
- Access to legal advice in the police station
- Admissibility of specimens
- Statutory "hip flask" defence and back calculation
- Special reasons