# Charles Ferguson Solicitors

> Specialist criminal defence and road traffic law firm with offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Hamilton, appearing in courts throughout Scotland — from Stranraer in the south west to Aberdeen in the north east. Regulated by the Law Society of Scotland. CFJJ Law Ltd, Company No. SC269662.

## Services — Criminal Defence

- [Criminal Defence Overview](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/criminal): Hub page for criminal defence services covering assault, drug offences, domestic abuse, sexual offences, dishonesty and fraud, financial and regulatory cases, weapons charges, breach of the peace, health and safety prosecutions, and public inquiries and Fatal Accident Inquiries across Scottish courts.
- [Assault Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/criminal/assault): Defence representation for common assault, serious assault, and aggravated assault charges in Scotland, from Sheriff Court summary to High Court solemn proceedings.
- [Drug Offences Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/criminal/drugs): Defence for possession, possession with intent to supply, and supply charges under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in Scottish courts.
- [Domestic Abuse Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/criminal/domestic-abuse): Defence under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, covering course of conduct offences, coercive control, breach of non-harassment orders, and specialist domestic abuse court proceedings in Glasgow, Hamilton, Airdrie, and Paisley.
- [Sexual Offences Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/criminal/sexual-offences): Defence for charges under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, including representation at High Court of Justiciary jury trials.
- [Dishonesty & Fraud Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/criminal/fraud): Defence for fraud, dishonesty, theft, embezzlement, reset, identity fraud, benefit fraud, and related offences ranging from shoplifting to complex financial fraud in Scotland.
- [Financial, Business & Regulatory Cases](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/criminal/financial-regulatory): Specialist defence for corporate fraud, VAT and Corporation Tax cases, money laundering under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Serious Fraud Office and HMRC investigations, bribery, corruption, confiscation orders and regulatory proceedings affecting company directors, shareholders and businesses.
- [Weapons Charges Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/criminal/weapons): Defence for offensive weapons and bladed article offences under the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995.
- [Breach of the Peace Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/criminal/breach): Defence for breach of the peace and threatening or abusive behaviour charges under section 38 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.
- [Health & Safety Representation](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/health-safety): Defence and representation for businesses, sole traders, partnerships, company directors, employees and property owners facing Health and Safety prosecutions, workplace accident investigations and enforcement action by Police Scotland, HSE, SEPA, Local Authorities and the Traffic Commissioner.
- [Public Inquiries & Fatal Accident Inquiries](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/public-enquiries-fai): Representation for participants in Public Inquiries and Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAIs) — including employees, business owners and bereaved family members entitled to funding under government legislation.
- [Court Representation](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/court-representation): Representation at Justice of the Peace Courts, Sheriff Courts and the High Court of Justiciary throughout Scotland, including police station attendance for clients.

## Services — Road Traffic Law

- [Road Traffic Law Overview](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/road-traffic): Hub page for road traffic defence covering drink driving, drug driving, dangerous driving, speeding, totting up, mobile phone offences, no insurance, and professional driver cases.
- [Drink Driving Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/traffic/drink-driving): Defence for drink driving charges in Scotland. Scotland's limit is 22mcg/100ml breath and 50mg/100ml blood — lower than England and Wales. Mandatory minimum 12-month ban on conviction. Covers special reasons arguments and procedural defences.
- [Drug Driving Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/traffic/drug-driving): Defence for drug driving charges under section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988, covering controlled drugs above prescribed limits, prescription medication defences, and challenges to roadside and evidential drug testing procedures in Scotland.
- [Dangerous Driving Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/traffic/dangerous-driving): Defence for dangerous driving charges carrying mandatory 12-month disqualification, a compulsory extended retest and potential imprisonment under the Road Traffic Act 1988.
- [Careless Driving Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/traffic/careless-driving): Defence for careless or inconsiderate driving charges, including fixed penalty notice challenges and court representation.
- [Speeding Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/traffic/speeding): Defence for speeding offences including Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) challenges — NIP must be served within 14 days. Covers device type approval, calibration records and exceptional hardship arguments.
- [Totting Up & Exceptional Hardship](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/traffic/totting-up): Defence when drivers face disqualification after accumulating 12 or more penalty points. Covers exceptional hardship applications to avoid the 6-month mandatory ban.
- [No Insurance Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/traffic/no-insurance): Defence for driving without insurance charges in Scotland, carrying 6 to 8 penalty points or discretionary disqualification, including special reasons arguments.
- [Mobile Phone Offence Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/traffic/mobile-phone): Defence for handheld mobile phone while driving offences carrying 6 penalty points and fixed penalties.
- [Serious/Severe Injury Driving Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/traffic/serious-severe-injury-driving-defence): Defence for causing serious injury by dangerous or careless driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 — high-stakes Sheriff Court and High Court cases involving collision investigators, medical experts, and forensic challenges to Crown evidence on speed, causation, and standard of driving.
- [Fatal Road Traffic Collisions Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/traffic/fatal-road-traffic-collisions): Defence for causing death by careless driving (s2B Road Traffic Act 1988) and causing death by dangerous driving (s1 Road Traffic Act 1988). Includes police interview representation, instruction of independent collision reconstruction experts, locus inspections, and High Court representation often involving Senior Counsel (KCs).
- [Professional Driver Defence](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/services/traffic/professional-driver): Specialist defence for HGV drivers, taxi drivers, and others whose livelihood depends on keeping their licence, including Traffic Commissioner consequences.

## Resources & Guides

- [Arrested in Scotland — What to Do](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/resources/arrested-in-scotland): Practical guide for people arrested or detained in Scotland covering rights under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, police interview rights, and what to expect at a police station.
- [Scottish Court Process Explained](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/resources/scottish-court-process): Guide to how Scottish criminal courts work, covering Justice of the Peace Courts, Sheriff Courts (summary and solemn), and the High Court of Justiciary.
- [All Locations](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations): Index of every town covered, for both criminal defence and road traffic, with the sheriff court that hears cases from each.

## Locations — Criminal Defence

Note: the court that hears a case is frequently in a different town from where the
charge arose. Each page below names the correct court, its address and its sheriffdom.

### Glasgow and the west

- [Criminal defence in Glasgow](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/glasgow): Glasgow. Cases called at Glasgow Sheriff Court, 1 Carlton Place.
- [Criminal defence in Paisley](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/paisley): Renfrewshire. Cases called at Paisley Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Johnstone](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/johnstone): Renfrewshire. Cases called at Paisley Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Renfrew](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/renfrew): Renfrewshire. Cases called at Paisley Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Erskine](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/erskine): Renfrewshire. Cases called at Paisley Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Barrhead](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/barrhead): East Renfrewshire. Cases called at Paisley Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Kirkintilloch](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/kirkintilloch): East Dunbartonshire. Cases called at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Clydebank](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/clydebank): West Dunbartonshire. Cases called at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Dumbarton](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/dumbarton): West Dunbartonshire. Cases called at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Greenock](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/greenock): Inverclyde. Cases called at Greenock Sheriff Court, 1 Nelson Street.

### Lanarkshire

- [Criminal defence in Hamilton](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/hamilton): South Lanarkshire. Cases called at Hamilton Sheriff Court, Beckford Street.
- [Criminal defence in Motherwell](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/motherwell): North Lanarkshire. Cases called at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Wishaw](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/wishaw): North Lanarkshire. Cases called at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in East Kilbride](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/east-kilbride): South Lanarkshire. Cases called at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Airdrie](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/airdrie): North Lanarkshire. Cases called at Airdrie Sheriff Court, Graham Street.
- [Criminal defence in Coatbridge](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/coatbridge): The Monklands. Cases called at Airdrie Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Cumbernauld](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/cumbernauld): North Lanarkshire. Cases called at Airdrie Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Lanark](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/lanark): Clydesdale. Cases called at Lanark Sheriff Court.

### Edinburgh and the Lothians

- [Criminal defence in Edinburgh](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/edinburgh): Edinburgh. Cases called at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, 27 Chambers Street.
- [Criminal defence in Livingston](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/livingston): West Lothian. Cases called at Livingston Sheriff Court, West Lothian Civic Centre.
- [Criminal defence in Linlithgow](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/linlithgow): West Lothian. Linlithgow Sheriff Court closed in 2009; cases called at Livingston.
- [Criminal defence in Bathgate](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/bathgate): West Lothian. Cases called at Livingston Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Broxburn](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/broxburn): West Lothian. Cases called at Livingston Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Bonnyrigg](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/bonnyrigg): Midlothian. Cases called at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Penicuik](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/penicuik): Midlothian. Cases called at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

### Ayrshire

- [Criminal defence in Ayr](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/ayr): South Ayrshire. Cases called at Ayr Sheriff Court, Wellington Square.
- [Criminal defence in Kilmarnock](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/kilmarnock): East Ayrshire. Cases called at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, St Marnock Street.
- [Criminal defence in Irvine](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/irvine): North Ayrshire. Cases called at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Kilwinning](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/kilwinning): North Ayrshire. Cases called at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.

### Forth Valley

- [Criminal defence in Stirling](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/stirling): Stirling. Cases called at Stirling Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Falkirk](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/falkirk): The Falkirk district. Cases called at Falkirk Sheriff Court, Main Street, Camelon — not in Falkirk town centre.
- [Criminal defence in Grangemouth](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/grangemouth): Grangemouth, the container port and the petrochemical complex, including health and safety prosecutions and fatal accident inquiries. Cases called at Falkirk Sheriff Court, Camelon.
- [Criminal defence in Alloa](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/alloa): Clackmannanshire. Cases called at Alloa Sheriff Court, 47 Drysdale Street.

### Fife

- [Criminal defence in Dunfermline](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/dunfermline): West Fife. Cases called at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Kirkcaldy](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/kirkcaldy): Fife. Cases called at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court, Whytescauseway.
- [Criminal defence in Glenrothes](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/glenrothes): Central Fife. Cases called at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

### Tayside and the North East

- [Criminal defence in Perth](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/perth): Perthshire. Cases called at Perth Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Dundee](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/dundee): Dundee and Angus. Cases called at Dundee Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Forfar](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/forfar): Angus. Cases called at Forfar Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Aberdeen](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/aberdeen): Aberdeen and the North East. Cases called at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.

### The Borders

- [Criminal defence in Jedburgh](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/jedburgh): The Scottish Borders. Cases called at Jedburgh Sheriff Court, Castlegate.
- [Criminal defence in Selkirk](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/selkirk): The Scottish Borders. Cases called at Selkirk Sheriff Court, Ettrick Terrace.

### Argyll and the South West

- [Criminal defence in Campbeltown](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/campbeltown): Kintyre and Argyll. Cases called at Campbeltown Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Dunoon](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/dunoon): Cowal and Argyll. Cases called at Dunoon Sheriff Court.
- [Criminal defence in Stranraer](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/criminal/stranraer): Wigtownshire. Cases called at Stranraer Sheriff Court.

## Locations — Road Traffic Law

The same forty-five towns are covered for motoring defence.

### Glasgow and the west

- [Road traffic defence in Glasgow](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/glasgow): Glasgow. Motoring cases at Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Paisley](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/paisley): Renfrewshire. Motoring cases at Paisley Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Johnstone](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/johnstone): Renfrewshire. Motoring cases at Paisley Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Renfrew](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/renfrew): Renfrewshire. Motoring cases at Paisley Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Erskine](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/erskine): Renfrewshire. Motoring cases at Paisley Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Barrhead](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/barrhead): East Renfrewshire. Motoring cases at Paisley Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Kirkintilloch](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/kirkintilloch): East Dunbartonshire. Motoring cases at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Clydebank](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/clydebank): West Dunbartonshire. Motoring cases at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Dumbarton](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/dumbarton): West Dunbartonshire. Motoring cases at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Greenock](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/greenock): Inverclyde. Motoring cases at Greenock Sheriff Court.

### Lanarkshire

- [Road traffic defence in Hamilton](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/hamilton): South Lanarkshire. Motoring cases at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Motherwell](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/motherwell): North Lanarkshire. Motoring cases at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Wishaw](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/wishaw): North Lanarkshire. Motoring cases at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in East Kilbride](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/east-kilbride): South Lanarkshire. Motoring cases at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Airdrie](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/airdrie): North Lanarkshire. Motoring cases at Airdrie Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Coatbridge](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/coatbridge): The Monklands and the M8 corridor. Motoring cases at Airdrie Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Cumbernauld](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/cumbernauld): North Lanarkshire and the M80. Motoring cases at Airdrie Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Lanark](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/lanark): Clydesdale, the M74 and rural Lanarkshire. Motoring cases at Lanark Sheriff Court.

### Edinburgh and the Lothians

- [Road traffic defence in Edinburgh](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/edinburgh): Edinburgh, including citywide 20mph limits. Motoring cases at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Livingston](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/livingston): West Lothian and the M8. Motoring cases at Livingston Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Linlithgow](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/linlithgow): West Lothian and the M9. Motoring cases at Livingston Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Bathgate](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/bathgate): West Lothian. Motoring cases at Livingston Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Broxburn](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/broxburn): West Lothian. Motoring cases at Livingston Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Bonnyrigg](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/bonnyrigg): Midlothian. Motoring cases at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Penicuik](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/penicuik): Midlothian. Motoring cases at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

### Ayrshire

- [Road traffic defence in Ayr](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/ayr): South Ayrshire. Motoring cases at Ayr Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Kilmarnock](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/kilmarnock): East Ayrshire and the M77. Motoring cases at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Irvine](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/irvine): North Ayrshire. Motoring cases at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Kilwinning](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/kilwinning): North Ayrshire and the A737. Motoring cases at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.

### Forth Valley

- [Road traffic defence in Stirling](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/stirling): Stirling, the M9 and A9. Motoring cases at Stirling Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Falkirk](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/falkirk): The Falkirk district, at the M9 and M876 crossroads. Motoring cases at Falkirk Sheriff Court, Camelon.
- [Road traffic defence in Grangemouth](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/grangemouth): Grangemouth, with HGV, tanker and ADR drivers and Traffic Commissioner consequences for vocational licences. Motoring cases at Falkirk Sheriff Court, Camelon.
- [Road traffic defence in Alloa](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/alloa): Clackmannanshire. Motoring cases at Alloa Sheriff Court.

### Fife

- [Road traffic defence in Dunfermline](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/dunfermline): West Fife and the M90. Motoring cases at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Kirkcaldy](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/kirkcaldy): Fife and the A92. Motoring cases at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Glenrothes](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/glenrothes): Central Fife. Motoring cases at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

### Tayside and the North East

- [Road traffic defence in Perth](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/perth): Perthshire and the A9. Motoring cases at Perth Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Dundee](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/dundee): Dundee and Angus. Motoring cases at Dundee Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Forfar](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/forfar): Angus and the A90. Motoring cases at Forfar Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Aberdeen](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/aberdeen): Aberdeen and the North East. Motoring cases at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.

### The Borders

- [Road traffic defence in Jedburgh](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/jedburgh): The Scottish Borders and the A68. Motoring cases at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Selkirk](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/selkirk): The Scottish Borders and the A7. Motoring cases at Selkirk Sheriff Court.

### Argyll and the South West

- [Road traffic defence in Campbeltown](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/campbeltown): Kintyre and the A83. Motoring cases at Campbeltown Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Dunoon](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/dunoon): Cowal and Argyll. Motoring cases at Dunoon Sheriff Court.
- [Road traffic defence in Stranraer](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/locations/traffic/stranraer): Wigtownshire, the A75 and A77. Motoring cases at Stranraer Sheriff Court.

## About & Contact

- [About the Firm](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/about): Team profiles for Jackson Bateman (Managing Director), Gregor Jarrott (Consultant Solicitor), Gillian Grimes (Private Client Manager), Selena Christie (Office Manager), and Tom Fergusson (Trainee Solicitor). Over 40 years combined criminal defence experience.
- [Private Funding](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/private-funding): How cases are funded, including block fee private arrangements and fee structures for criminal defence and road traffic work.
- [Contact](https://charlesferguson.co.uk/contact): Office locations, phone numbers, and enquiry form for the Glasgow, Edinburgh and Hamilton offices.

## Key Facts

- Registered entity: CFJJ Law Ltd t/a Charles Ferguson Solicitors
- Company No. SC269662 (registered in Scotland)
- Wikidata entity: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139253955
- Founded: 2004
- Regulated by the Law Society of Scotland
- Over 40 years combined criminal defence and road traffic experience
- Practice areas: Criminal Defence Law, Road Traffic Law exclusively
- Offices: Glasgow, Edinburgh and Hamilton
- Coverage: 45 towns across Scotland, for both criminal defence and road traffic
- Sheriff courts appeared in: Glasgow, Paisley, Dumbarton, Greenock, Hamilton, Airdrie, Lanark, Ayr, Kilmarnock, Edinburgh, Livingston, Falkirk, Alloa, Stirling, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Perth, Dundee, Forfar, Aberdeen, Jedburgh, Selkirk, Campbeltown, Dunoon, Stranraer
- Scotland's drink drive limit: 22mcg/100ml breath, 50mg/100ml blood (stricter than England & Wales at 35mcg/80mg)
- Covers all Scottish court levels: JP Courts, Sheriff Courts (summary and solemn), High Court of Justiciary
- Law Awards of Scotland finalist — Criminal Law Firm of the Year

## Contact

- Website: https://charlesferguson.co.uk
- Email: office@charlesferguson.co.uk
- Glasgow office: 0141 345 5735 — 20-23 Woodside Place, Glasgow G3 7QL
- Edinburgh office: 0131 557 7740 — 14 Albany Street, Edinburgh EH1 3QB
- Hamilton office: 01698 285 885 — 1 Barrack Street, Hamilton ML3 0DG
- Police station attendance provided for clients