Firearms (including Licensing and Offences)

The law relating to firearms is complex, consisting of a labyrinth of provisions dating back to 1968. We have extensive experience of successfully guiding clients, from novices through to firearms enthusiasts, through this challenging area of law. Our success in resolving firearms matters enhances our reputation, which is based on over 75 years of providing quality advice and representation to our clients.

Our work in this area has included helping young people investigated for offences concerning BB guns and similar weapons; challenging police refusals to issue firearms licences; defending clients faced with allegations of infringement of licences; and advising foreign nationals on the law relating to possession and importation of items held for personal protection and serious allegations such as possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

We recognise that in order to achieve the very best result for our clients, we need to be proactive from the earliest moment of a police investigation. We can provide rapid assistance, including police station representation, across the United Kingdom. In many instances we can help to avoid an arrest taking place, along with all the potentially onerous consequences that can flow from an arrest.

What can we help you with?

• Fresh applications for firearms or shotgun certifications;
• Renewal applications;
• Appealing the refusal or revocation of a licence;
• Defending against allegations of offences involving the presence, or use of, a firearm, including the breach of a licence
• Advice on transferring firearms;
• Advice on the parameters in which firearms can be used.
• Advice on hosting sporting or competition events involving firearms.