Gardner Leader

John Jackson

Responsibilities:

Partner in Litigation Team
Client Care (complaints) Partner

Contact:

E-mail: j.jackson@gardner-leader.co.uk
Dd: 01635 50 81 37
Fax: 01635 42901
Dx: 30805 Newbury

John is situated in the Newbury Office

Career:

Qualified 1980
Joined Gardner Leader 1983
Partner at Gardner Leader 1986

Specialist Areas:

Criminal Defence

Over 25 years experience of representing clients in Magistrates' Courts for a full range of cases from murder to Trades Description Act prosecutions.

Motoring Offences

Represents clients in connection with all motoring offences, including:

• Driving with excess alcohol
• Speeding
• Driving without due care and attention
• Exceptional hardship arguments to avoid disqualification from driving as a result of attaining 12 penalty points on a driving licence 

Licensing

Advises clients, including companies, on all aspects of licensing under the Licensing Act 2003 including:

• Applications for Premises Licences and variations thereof
• Applications for Personal Licences

Current / Past Cases:

Have successfully represented clients on a summons of speeding at 130mph and a charge of driving with excess alcohol, where in both cases the Crown offered no evidence and both cases were dismissed with defence costs awarded. Also represented a client summonsed for driving without due care and attention and speeding, which resulted in the client not having to retake his driving test even though he had only held a driving licence for under two years.

Professional Memberships / Associations:

• Duty Solicitor on the West Berkshire Duty Solicitor Scheme
• Joint-Chairman of the Joint Consultative Committee of Lawyers in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Outside the Office:

John enjoys walking, skiing and travelling abroad. He is also a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters.

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