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.

Where solicitors are concerned, the best quality service has to be built on top quality communication.

Traditionally clients have had to travel to see solicitors at their office or wait for a visit in hospital, prison or at home.

The Johnson Partnership’s Derby, Chesterfield, Mansfield and Nottingham offices are all now equipped to enable easy, open communication without expensive, wasteful and unnecessary travel.

All The Johnson Partnership staff have been trained to advise clients using the best modern technology.  As well as conference calls in which solicitors, barristers and clients can be linked over the telephone, we are now regularly employing Skype, Face-time and live TV links to enable clients to give instructions and receive advice without having to leave the “comfort” of their accommodation.

Anyone wanting to consult with staff should place an initial telephone call, in order to book a meeting utilizing the preferred means of communication.

For those of us who still prefer to chat over a cup of coffee there will of course always be an open door and a singing kettle to accompany a face-to-face chat.

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 Johnson Partnership have recently represented a number of clients brought before the National Health Council’s Disciplinary Tribunal.  John Wilford from The Johnson Partnership’s Chesterfield office has developed some expertise in the representation of Health Service workers who fall within the jurisdiction of the National Health Council’s Disciplinary Tribunal.

Sitting at premises in Kennington in London, the Tribunal regularly adjudicates on the professional conduct of people other than doctors, dentists, pharmacists, etc who are, nevertheless, working within the National Health Service in regulated jobs.

If you have to appear before the Tribunal or have to be interviewed in relation to a matter that could become before the Tribunal, please contact The Johnson Partnership either at their Nottingham office on (0115) 941 9141 or The Johnson Partnership Chesterfield office on (01246) 520930.

This week The Johnson Partnership was named as the No: 1 Firm of criminal solicitors in Derby and Derbyshire.  The accolade was received almost 12 months to the day from the opening of The Johnson Partnerships’ Chesterfield Office.

The Firm now provides teams of specialist criminal solicitors in Derby and Chesterfield.  Centrally based expertise means that we are able to field prison law solicitors for Derby and Chesterfield based clients as well as having specialist fraud solicitors on hand to see clients in the North and South of Derbyshire.

We have been able to call on the trading standard law expertise of John Wilford who, whilst based at our Chesterfield premises, is delighted to advise clients with trading standard problems at either the Chesterfield or Derby office.  By employing a far ranging dedicated team of lawyers with expertise in everything from motoring law to major crime, we aim to head for “top lawyer status” not only in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the East Midlands but throughout the country.