Exceptional Hardship Granted at the Magistrates’ Court- Driver Escapes Disqualification

This Driver was facing a 6-month disqualification by the Magistrates for accruing 12 penalty points in 3 years. Smith Bowyer Clarke were able to obtain his instructions and prepare his exceptional hardship application. The Court accepted the submissions and granted exceptional hardship, imposing no period of disqualification. The Court found that, more than his work and finances, the disruption to his children who both had a neurological disability would amount to exceptional hardship.