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New Driver escapes licence revocation after mobile telephone offence with a 21-day disqualification - February 2025
Barrister, Millicent Dooher, represented this new driver before the Magistrates’ Court following a single mobile telephone offence. A mobile telephone offence attracts a mandatory minimum 6 penalty points to be endorsed on a driver’s licence. The new driver provisions mean that where any driver is within 2 years of passing […]
Driver escapes disqualification with successful exceptional hardship application following 5 speeding offences - February 2025
Millicent Dooher represented this driver before the Courts following a number of speeding offences. The Driver accrued an additional speeding offence during the Court process. Millicent was able to consolidate the offences, so that all were considered at a single hearing. At the exceptional hardship application hearing, Millicent was able […]
Exceptional Hardship granted for gas and plumbing engineer after he accrued 12 penalty points - February 2025
This driver was faced with a 6-month totting up disqualification following the accrual of 12 penalty points in 3 years. Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented the driver before the Magistrates, putting forwards an application for exceptional hardship. The exceptional hardship argument was on the basis of loss of employment, and the […]
Multinational Car Hire Company has Offence of Failing to Provide Driver Details Withdrawn - January 2025
Barrister, Millicent Dooher represented this car hire company before the Magistrates’ Court following a charge of failing to provide driver details under s.172. The Company had not received the initial request for driver details but had received the reminder notice. The Company had responded to the reminder notice. The relevant […]
s.172 offence of failing to provide driver details withdrawn by Prosecution - January 2025
This international car hire and rental Company, represented by Millicent Dooher, barrister, was charged with an offence of failing to provide driver details. It was the Company’s position that they had never received the Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) and the s.172 requirement. Millicent was able to prepare the relevant […]
Driver Acquitted of Mobile Phone Offence After Trial - January 2025
Laura Newton was instructed to represent a driver who was alleged to have been using his mobile telephone whilst driving. He denied this and took the case to trial. The Police Officers attended Court to give evidence but their accounts were undermined by careful cross examination casting doubt on how […]
Prosecution Drop Section 172 Charges After Representations from SBC - January 2025
Our client was prosecuted for failing to identify a driver, an offence under S172 Road Traffic Act. He had been served with a Notice of Intended Prosecution for suspected careless driving. He completed the Notice identifying himself but inadvertently used the wrong section of the form. Prior to a trial, […]
Driver Acquitted of Failing to Provide Details After Trial - January 2025
Laura Newton represented a driver who faced 6 penalty points after being unable to respond to a Notice of Intended Prosecution. Our client had been asked to provide the details of the driver of a vehicle linked to his business but, for genuine reasons, was unable to do so and […]
Driver Escapes Disqualification after ‘Totting’ to 12 Penalty Points Due to Financial Consequences a disqualification would have - January 2025
Barrister, Millicent Dooher, represented this driver before the Magistrates’ Court following his accrual of 12 penalty points for 4 speeding offences within 3 years. The Driver was relying on the fact that he would lose his job if he were to be disqualified, and this would lead to him defaulting […]
Successful exceptional hardship appeal by telesales company owner – 16 additional days of disqualification before the driver then received a clean driving licence. - January 2025
Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this driver at his exceptional hardship appeal before the Crown Court. The basis of the exceptional hardship was in relation to the driver’s company, the employees that would lose their jobs and the impact on the driver’s family. The Driver had already been disqualified for a […]
