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Carl Millar represented Mr M at Worcester Magistrates Court in May 2010. Mr M was accused of speeding at 111mph on the motorway. The Magistrates Court Guidelines suggest a period of disqualification of between 7-56 days or endorsement of 6 penalty points on the defendant’s licence. In this particular case, Mr M already had 6 endorsable penalty points. The danger was that he would receive a further 6 points and accumulate 12 penalty points which means that he would face disqualification under the totting up procedure.

Carl Millar was able to persuade the Magistrates to disqualify him for the offence alone. The matter was further complicated by the fact that the Magistrates Court Guidelines go up to speeds of 110mph and Mr M was off the scale. The Magistrates were persuaded to disqualify him for the offence alone and disqualified him for a period of 35 days. The sentence was a better outcome than receiving 6 penalty points and then facing a possible 6 months disqualification under the toting up procedure.