Speeding totter keeps licence
A surgeon kept his driving licence despite being caught driving at twice the speed limit, taking him up to 12 penalty points, according to the Daily Telegraph 25/1/12. Magistrates decided that the impact of a driving ban on his patients would be too great. This is an example of exceptional…
Duty to give information
Duty to give information Road Traffic 1988 s. 172. R. (Purnell) v Snaresbrook Crown Court In a recent driving case, the registered keeper of a vehicle successfully appealed against the ruling of a Crown Court judge. The Crown Court had applied the wrong legal test when interpreting the duty imposed…
Penalty points disqualification
Penalty points disqualification; Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, s. 35. When a person’s penalty points number 12 or more the Court must order him to be disqualified for not less than a minimum period (usually six months), unless exceptional hardship would follow from the disqualification; or alternatively, mitigating circumstances may…