Expert Independent Drug and Alcohol Screening service
Nationwide, Scotland, Ireland and International
Lemon Cherry Limited
Independent Drug & Alcohol Screening
The Lemon Cherry team brings together more than two decades of experience in drug and alcohol testing, with professional backgrounds that span statutory authority evidential practice, policing, safeguarding, family law proceedings, and Court of Protection work. That combination is unusual in this field - and it matters. It means the team understands not just how to test, but how results will be scrutinised, challenged, and used in legal proceedings.
Jonathan, one of the Lemon Cherry lead practitioners, is a former police officer with over 30 years' in this sector. His background includes drug testing and screening for family lawyers, the Court of Protection, and workplace settings - working across all of these in the context of safeguarding families, children, and employees. That experience shapes everything about how Lemon Cherry approaches a collection: the documentation discipline, the handling of sensitive disclosures, and the ability to remain calm, professional, and impartial in situations that are rarely straightforward for the person being tested.
That grounding in evidential practice - the chain-of-custody discipline, the calibration standards, the documentation rigour required in statutory and court settings - is applied to every collection Lemon Cherry carries out, regardless of whether it's for a family law instruction, a Court of Protection matter, or a workplace programme.
At the Sharp End
The quality of a drug and alcohol collection is determined at the point of contact between technician and donor. Equipment and process matter - but so does the person conducting the test.
Lemon Cherry's collection technicians are trained specifically in the methodologies they use. They are experienced in working with donors in difficult, sensitive, or high-stakes circumstances - people who may be anxious, distressed, resistant, or subject to legal proceedings. The approach is consistent: calm, respectful, procedurally exact, and without bias.
That one-to-one handling is where programmes succeed or fail. A poorly managed collection can produce a challenge. A well-managed one closes it down before it starts.
It is not incidental. It is the standard.
Equipment and Standards
Lemon Cherry uses the Drager oral fluid and breathalyser system - Home Office approved, fully calibrated, and tamper-proof. It is one of only a small number of screening providers in the UK to have invested in Home Office approved equipment to this standard, the same standard used in police drug testing. Every collection is conducted with a full chain-of-custody audit trail and consent documentation, producing results that are legally defensible and built to withstand scrutiny at tribunal, hearing, or court.
Where confirmation is required, collections are supported by a UKAS accredited laboratory partner scheme.
Main Areas of Expertise
Who Lemon Cherry Works With
Lemon Cherry works with family lawyers, Court of Protection practitioners, HR and health & safety professionals, and employers across a wide range of sectors - from manufacturing and construction to transport, maritime, and care.
The team understands the sensitivity of the process from every angle. For legal professionals, that means collections handled with the documentation rigour and independence that proceedings require. For employers, it means a programme that protects the business, treats the workforce fairly, and produces results that hold up if they are ever challenged.
The aim is always the same: to make the process as straightforward as possible for everyone involved, while delivering accurate, defensible results - handled well, at every stage, by people who know exactly what they're doing.
Contact
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