Our Track Record
Success rates are entirely meaningless.
Over the years, Michael Lyon Solicitors Limited has been responsible for securing thousands of acquittals in defended road traffic prosecutions. In cases where a plea of guilty has been negotiated with the Crown, thousands of our clients have received the benefit of a significantly reduced penalty. Make your own judgement by browsing our unparalleled wealth of experience gained from exclusively defending road traffic cases in every jurisdiction in Scotland. Some of our more high profile cases can be found in the Press & Media section.
Please use the menu below to view our Track Record in dealing with road traffic cases.
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Kept Licence
Careless Driving Charge Dropped
Careless Driving
Aberdeen Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
Our client had been accused of careless driving by colliding with another vehicle and then making off without stopping to exchanging his details. The allegation ..
Kept Licence
Successful Exceptional Hardship At Dumfries
Totting Up / Exceptional Hardship
Dumfries Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
This case is a prime example of the benefits to be gained from having a Plan B. Our client, the principal of a company providing shop-fitting services to organi ..
Reduced Sentence
Drink Driving Charge Hamilton
Drink / Drug Driving
Hamilton Sheriff and Justice of the Peace Court
It is often in a client's interest to tender an early plea of guilty. Our client was a provisional driver and was advised to plead guilty to driving unsupervise ..
Kept Licence
Dumfries Speeding 113mph 4 Points
Speeding in Scotland
Dumfries Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
As the title suggests, having originally been charged with dangerous driving, we managed to persuade the Procurator Fiscal to accept a plea of guilty to the alt ..
Kept Licence
Speeding Dumfries Not Guilty
Speeding in Scotland
Dumfries Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
Not every client comes to us because they are at immediate risk of losing their licence. Some choose to defend a charge on point of principal, exercising their ..
Kept Licence
Special Reasons No Insurance Glasgow
Driving Without Insurance
Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
We have successfully represented this particular client on more than one occasion. This time he stood accused of driving without a valid policy of insurance. Th ..