Wells Burcombe Solicitors specialise in defending criminal cases and a large proportion of the cases we deal with concern allegations made against children and young persons. In England, as part...

1. It is free Regardless of your income, means or assets, and regardless of the nature of the allegation (however serious or minor) everyone is entitled to free and independent...

If you are reading this article, you may very well be one of the many thousands of people who, having been interviewed by the police under caution, have found yourself...

Under new laws, Magistrates have been given the power to increase fines for speeding offences where are drivers caught at speeds well in excess of the existing legal limits. Drivers...

Vaping (smoking e-cigarettes or e-liquids) is increasingly common as more and more smokers try to control or quit the habit of smoking. For ‘Vapers’ and those who sell vaping equipment,...

Circumstances can arise whereby there is something of an interaction between proceedings in the Crown Court and financial remedy proceedings being pursued in the family Courts. This can prove problematical...

I started my legal career a little under 20 years ago and in those early days I had an almost exclusive prosecution practice. I was a good prosecutor. I played...

With certain road traffic offences, the police are required to notify the suspected offender of an intention to prosecute. Speeding is a good example of this. When one of the...

Have you ever wondered what the expression ‘horses for courses‘ actually means? It’s an expression that almost all of us have heard at one time or another. The expression originates...

In general terms, it is illegal to drive if either: You’re unfit to do so because you’re on legal or illegal drugs You have certain levels of illegal drugs in...

Telephone evidence is nowadays often key to an investigation or subsequent prosecution. Telephone evidence in the firm of ‘cell site’ evidence can help identify where a suspect was at a...

Robert Banks of ‘Banks on Sentence’ Wells Burcombe criminal defence and criminal appeal solicitors work very closely with leading barrister in the field of sentencing, Robert Banks. He has appeared...

A disqualification from driving can have devastating consequences, not just for the driver disqualified, but for the driver’s family, the driver’s business and other third parties affected. There are a...

Alan Burcombe, Partner with Wells Burcombe Solicitors, highlights problem areas for prisoners having adjudications before the Governor. Adjudications within the prison system are either dealt with by the Prison Governor...