Situation Our client approached us a week before having to attend at the Magistrates’ Court. Unfortunately, they had nine points on their licence and faced …
Read MoreSuccessful Exceptional Hardship Appeal
Situation Our client approached us having attended at the Magistrates’ Court alone and presented an exceptional hardship argument unrepresented. Unfortunately, their licence was endorsed with …
Read MoreHGV driver avoids severe penalty in dangerous driving case
Situation Our client, a professional HGV driver, contacted us after receiving a court summons for a serious driving incident. During a road rage incident, he …
Read MoreExceptional Hardship: Client keeps licence due to potential hardship of driving ban
Our client approached us after receiving a Single Justice Procedure Notice asking them to respond to a speeding offence. Our client already had nine points on their licence.
Read MoreDriving Without Due Care: Overtaking on Solid White Lines
Our client approached us following a summons that he had received in respect of an offence of driving without due care and attention. Our client had overtaken an HGV and an SUV while crossing a solid white line.
Read MoreOperator’s licence curtailed and granted three-month grace period following public inquiry
We represented an operator at a public inquiry after the Traffic Commissioner raised issues such as financial standing, licence lending, and unauthorised use of an operating centre.
Read MoreClient avoids prosecution for careless driving
Following an accident, our client was called in for an interview under caution by the police, who were considering prosecuting him for careless driving due to the serious nature of the incident at a 60mph junction.
Read MoreTransport business and manager only issued warning despite multiple drivers’ hours violations
A parcel operator contacted us after being summoned to a public inquiry by the Traffic Commissioner for violations of drivers’ hours regulations.
Read MoreCompany’s fines for clandestine entrants/stowaways in vehicle reduced due to financial hardship
A European removals firm operating 3.5t vehicles was fined £24,000 after Border Force found two clandestine entrants in their vehicle at Calais. A ‘clandestine entrant’ is a person who hides in or on a vehicle to avoid going through UK border control.
Read MoreHGV driver’s licence suspended for only four weeks after dangerous driving
We represented an HGV driver at a driver conduct hearing. Two years before, the driver was involved in a road rage incident in his private car, leading to an accident. He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and received an 18-month driving ban and community service.
Read MoreHaulage company avoids licence revocation despite multiple offences
We represented a haulage company at a Traffic Commissioner’s public inquiry in Edgbaston in the West Midlands. We helped them retain their operator’s licence.
Read MoreHaulage company retains licence despite second inquiry and transport manager’s lost repute
The company faced a public inquiry due to significant maintenance issues uncovered by a DVSA assessment. They had also failed to keep promises made during a previous inquiry, risking licence revocation and business closure.
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