The Johnson Partnership

Consternation has recently ripped through The Johnson Partnership Solicitors Nottingham office.  In March 2013 a Radio One documentary exploring the life of the Nottingham superstar singer-songwriter Jake Bugg, featured an interview in which Jake reminisced about an early concert at Nottingham’s Alley Café.

For the past fourteen years The Johnson Partnership have happily shared premises at Cannon Courtyard in Nottingham with the self-saying café.

People staying late in the office have been regularly entertained by a selection of DJs and live artists playing to a hip boho crowd.

Absolutely none of us had any idea that we had been present at one of the very first live performances given by Jake, whose first album topped the UK charts in the Autumn of 2012.

Staff can perhaps be excused for not recalling the event, bearing in mind that Jake explained to the nation that he only managed to play three songs before a guitar string broke, without him having a replacement, leaving him to fear that his career was doomed to failure rather than international stardom.

We all wish Jake well with his forthcoming world tour and applaud the Alley Café for some spectacular talent-spotting.

In the ordinary course of events a driver with twelve points on his or her licence can expect to be disqualified for at least six months.

It is open to every driver who finds themselves with twelve or more points to ask a court not to disqualify them on the basis that such a disqualification would cause “exceptional hardship”.

What amounts to exceptional hardship is always a matter for the court to decide.  For the court to find that a client would indeed be caused truly exceptional difficulties requires a carefully prepared and well-presented argument to be laid before the bench.

So far this year, The Johnson Partnership have succeeded in arguing for motorists to keep their licences in spite of having twelve points or more before the magistrates in Nottingham, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Derby, Lincoln, Bradford, Luton, Halifax, Banbury, Solihull, Liverpool, Cardiff and Leeds.

The Johnson Partnership’s expert team is headed up by Digby Johnson who says that he has not lost an exceptional hardship argument in the past ten years except the one that he ran for the father of one of our own solicitors!

If you find yourself facing the possibility of disqualification please ring for a chat.  The Johnson Partnership are happy to advise at short notice in order to ensure we have the maximum time to help you prepare for a satisfying and successful conclusion.

The most hard-working and enthusiastic young solicitor in Chesterfield: Katie Fowkes, has recently qualified as a Duty Solicitor.  Qualification normally takes up to eighteen months, but Katie has completed the job in a blistering ten months.

The Johnson Partnership, Solicitors Chesterfield office now has the extra flexibility of a new criminal solicitor eligible to undertake Duty Solicitor work for clients who require advice and assistance at Chesterfield Police Station or at Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court, but who do not have a particular solicitor in mind.

Katie’s early qualification is a testament to her own hard work and also the support and guidance she has received from John Wilford at The Johnson Partnership’s Chesterfield office and Louisa Treharne at The Johnson Partnership’s Mansfield office – the Firm’s training mentor.

The Johnson Partnership Criminal, Fraud and Prison Law Solicitors are among the first in the country to have their own in-house video link system.

From their East Midlands base, this leading Defence firm is now able to hook up Counsel, clients, expert witnesses and collaborating solicitors by way of live video link.

Video conferencing with London Chambers’ as well as the majority of courts and prisons is now only the push of a button away.

In the past, clients and solicitors have spent painful hours travelling to and from London Chambers.  This is now a thing of the past!

Prison Law solicitors have had to leave home at unfeasibly early hours in order to meet with prisoners, who are only available during limited visiting hours.

The close circuit video link system allows swift and easy access for all clients and partner agencies.  Probation officers and psychiatrists will be able to make use of the system.  Expert witnesses will be able to gather information direct from the horses mouth from the horses mouth from the comfort of our East Midlands base.