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Totter with 12 Penalty Points Avoids Disqualification with Exceptional Hardship Application - August 2021
Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this driver at an exceptional hardship hearing before the Magistrates. This driver had accrued 12 penalty points following 4 speeding offences and risked being a ‘totter’ with a mandatory 6 month disqualification. Millicent was able to persuade the Magistrates to find exceptional hardship in this instance […]
Driver with 15 Penalty Points Avoids Any Period of disqualification - August 2021
This driver/company director, represented by Millicent Dooher, barrister, faced disqualification having accumulated 15 penalty points on his driving licence. Following representations made before the Magistrates’ Court, Millicent was able to persuade the Magistrates to find exceptional hardship in this instance, specifically due to the implications a disqualification would have on […]
Failure to Provide Driver Details: Found Not Guilty at Court - August 2021
Following a charge of failure to provide driver details under s.172 Road Traffic Act 1988, this vehicle owner, represented by barrister Millicent Dooher, successfully disputed the charge at Court and was found Not Guilty. Millicent was able to persuade the Court that despite the Notice being sent, it had never […]
130mph Speeding Offence Dealt with by Penalty Points. - July 2021
This driver was prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit, recorded at a speed of 130mph. Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this driver at the Magistrates’ Court. Millicent was able to successful persuade the Court to deal with this matter by way of penalty points where the guidelines would suggest a 56+ […]
Exceptional Hardship Found for Driver with 18 penalty points. - July 2021
This driver, represented by barrister, Millicent Dooher, was summoned before the Magistrates’ Court following 6 speeding offences, and as such risked becoming a ‘totter’. Millicent successfully put forwards an argument of exceptional hardship, meaning the Driver was not disqualified at all, despite a total of 18 penalty points being endorsed […]
LGV Driver Facing a 6 Months’ Disqualification Keeps Licence After Successful Exceptional Hardship Argument - July 2021
An LGV driver appeared before the Magistrates’ Court facing a 6 months’ disqualification as a “totter” after acquiring 12 penalty points to their licence. Represented by Lisa Lyden-Cowan, the driver gave evidence to the Magistrates of the effect such a disqualification would have. In this case the Magistrates found exceptional […]
Drunk Driver Avoids Custodial Sentence after Blowing in Excess of 4 Times the Legal Limit. - June 2021
Barrister Helen Newbold represented this driver after they were reported to the police for drink driving after a minor traffic collision. Having blown a sample of breath well in excess of 4 times the legal limit the driver was under no illusion that the starting point for sentencing in the […]
Driver Avoids 6 Penalty Points for Failing to Provide Information - May 2021
Barrister Helen Newbold represented this driver in the Magistrates’ Court where he was facing 9 penalty points for a speeding offence and for failing to provide information about the driver. This driver was doubled manned in a company vehicle when the vehicle was caught speeding on an ANPR camera. As […]
Short Ban Wipes all Penalty Points and Ensures HGV Driver’s Job is Maintained - May 2021
This HGV driver, having accumulated 12 penalty points for speeding offences, risked a 6-month disqualification as a ‘totter’. He was represented by Millicent Dooher, barrister, at his hearing before the Magistrates Court. Having been advised on all the options, this driver had hoped the Magistrates would impose a shorter period […]
Driver caught at 123mph avoids disqualification - April 2021
Laura Newton, specialist motoring solicitor, represented a driver who appeared before Bridlington Magistrates’ Court, having pleaded guilty to speeding at 123mph. The prosecution began by Single Justice Procedure Notice, but the Court had required the driver’s attendance as it was considering a disqualification. At this speed, the Sentencing Court Guidelines […]
