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Exceptional Hardship – Disqualification Cut to 1 Month - January 2021
Barrister, Millicent Dooher represented this driver who had 9 penalty points on his driving licence and was faced with an additional 10-12 points following 3 additional driving offences. Millicent Dooher was able to convince the Magistrates’ to impose a 1-month disqualification instead of a 6-month disqualification. No penalty points were […]
Driver Has Disqualification Overturned On Appeal - December 2020
We represented a driver on Appeal at Bristol Crown Court. He had previously attended at the Magistrates’ Court for sentence relating to a fourth speeding offence, taking him to 12 points on his Licence. The Court had refused to find Exceptional Hardship and imposed a six month ban. Upon taking […]
Exceptional Hardship – Totter escapes mandatory disqualification - December 2020
Millicent Dooher, Barrister, represented this driver who faced 12 penalty points on his driving licence following 4 speeding offences. An application for exceptional hardship was put forwards on behalf of the driver. This was accepted by the Magistrates’ and the 6-month mandatory disqualification was not imposed.
Exceptional Hardship – Licence Kept with 19 Endorsed Penalty Points - December 2020
Millicent Dooher, Barrister, represented this driver who was in possession of 9 penalty points and facing an additional 10-12 penalty points for 3 further speeding offences. Despite endorsing the driver’s licence with an additional 10 penalty points, the Magistrates’ were convinced not to disqualify the driver at all due to […]
Another Successful Exceptional Hardship Argument! - November 2020
Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this client in the Magistrates’ Court following his 4th speeding offence. The driver was in possession of 9 penalty points and this offence would have brought him up to 12 penalty points and a disqualification. The exceptional hardship argument put forwards was accepted by the Magistrates’ […]
Successful Exceptional Hardship Argument in Magistrates Court for Totter - November 2020
This client was represented by Millicent Dooher, barrister, at his sentencing hearing in the Magistrates Court. He was in possession of 9pp at the time of the speeding offence for which he was due to be sentenced and not withstanding the passage of time which reduced his points down to […]
Conviction Re-Opened and Case Dropped By Prosecution - October 2020
Our client instructed us after receiving notice of a fine and 6 points on his Licence for an offence of Failing to Identify a Driver, following service of a Notice of Intended Prosecution. There had been a number of administrative issues – the plea to the Single Justice Procedure Notice […]
Jury Returns Not Guilty Verdicts to Two Counts of Causing Death by Dangerous Driving - January 2020
Harry Bowyer was instructed on behalf of a driver who turned right into a side road into the path of a motorcycle that he had not seen. The rider and his pillion both died of their injuries. Guilty pleas were offered from the beginning to causing death by careless driving […]
Careless Driving Not Far Short of Dangerous Driving – Truck Driver Keeps his Licence - July 2019
Helen Newbold, barrister, represented this driver in the Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving. The prosecution produced CCTV of his truck hitting one car causing it to smash into another, writing both vehicles off and causing significant injuries to the drivers. The Prosecution described […]
Successful Exceptional Hardship Argument – Driver Keeps Licence. - May 2019
This lorry driver was reported for his 4th SP 30 offence which would have inevitably brought him up to 12 penalty points and disqualification. Using our knowledge of transport operations, including the many thousands of kilometres over an average driver clocked up by a tramping HGV driver, we were able […]
