The firm has extensive experience dealing with cases across courts throughout Essex, including Colchester Magistrates’ Court. Recently, the team handled an unusual and, in some respects, complex matter involving a driver who had previously established exceptional hardship and was therefore still permitted to drive with 12 penalty points on his licence, but was later convicted of careless driving. The agricultural machinery he was operating on a public road collided with the rear of another vehicle, exposing him to further penalty points.
On the previous occasion, the client had demonstrated that disqualification would result in the loss of his specialised employment operating agricultural machinery. This, in turn, would prevent him from supporting his family and young children and could ultimately place his home at risk.
A strategy was developed to present new factors and supporting evidence at Colchester Magistrates’ Court.
The submissions were successful. The Magistrates acknowledged the unusual nature of the case and were persuaded that a wholly separate argument had been advanced. As a result, the client was permitted to continue driving, with 15 penalty points now endorsed on his licence.
This was a case successfully contested at Colchester Magistrates’ Court.
