Practice areas
Driving licence lawyer
in Luxembourg
Withdrawal, suspension, driving bans, speeding
The firm acts for drivers facing proceedings that affect their right to drive in Luxembourg: immediate withdrawal of the licence, administrative suspension, a driving ban imposed by a court, or prosecution before the criminal courts.
These cases have a feature worth grasping at the outset: a single offence can open two sets of proceedings at once — one criminal, before a judge, the other administrative, before the relevant authority. Each has its own rules, its own deadlines and its own routes of appeal.
Losing a licence often means losing access to work. The firm therefore looks first at what can be secured quickly to keep the client on the road, without waiting for the substance to be decided.
Matters
Situations in which
the firm acts
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Immediate withdrawal of the licence
After certain offences the licence can be taken away on the spot and passed to the public prosecutor. The driver is then off the road before any court has ruled.
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Administrative suspension
Quite separately from any prosecution, the administrative authority may suspend the right to drive. That decision follows its own logic and does not wait for the trial.
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Driving bans imposed by a court
The court may impose a driving ban, for a period or permanently, on top of any other penalty. Its length and terms — including any provision for driving for work — are argued at the hearing.
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Speeding
How the offence is classified depends on the excess recorded. The reliability of the measurement, the approval and periodic calibration of the device, and the identification of the driver are all open to scrutiny.
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Drink and drug driving
Before any argument on the substance, the firm examines how the check was carried out: whether the stop was lawful, the conditions of the test, how the sample was kept, and whether the procedure was followed.
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Failing to stop, failing to comply
These offences are dealt with severely and frequently carry a driving ban. The defence turns on establishing precisely what the driver saw and knew at the time.
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Road accidents
Where an accident has caused injury, criminal proceedings run alongside the question of compensation.
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Getting the licence back
Once the penalty has run its course, return of the licence may depend on medical or psychological assessments and on administrative formalities. The firm handles those steps and, where necessary, challenges a refusal to return it.
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