Road traffic and driving offences

We are often asked to assist, when people face the prospect of a totting up disqualification, having accrued 12 or more penalty points on their licence within a 3-year period. We have a track record of helping people who find themselves in these circumstances keep their driving licences by successfully advancing what are known as “exceptional hardship” arguments.

We also regularly conduct what are known as “special reasons” hearings, when legal submissions can be made with a view to persuading a court not to endorse an offenders driving licence or not to disqualify the offender from driving. Special reasons must be connected to the offence and can arise in situations where somebody unwittingly drove without insurance, as well as in some drink drive cases, for example, where only a very short distance was driven or where somebody’s drinks were spiked.