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Carl Millar represented Mr H at Stratford Magistrates Court in London in July 2010.  Mr H was involved in an accident involving three vehicles, and when required to blow into the breathalyser device at the police station his lowest reading was at 53ųg in 100ml of breath.  Mr H was advised that the Magistrates Court Guidelines suggest a period of disqualification of between 12-16 months when the reading is between 36-59.  On the face of it, Mr H was significantly closer to facing a 16 month period of disqualification and there was the additional aggravating feature in that he was involved in a serious accident.  Powerful mitigation was presented by Carl on behalf of Mr H and he managed to convince the Court that the impact of disqualification would severely restrict Mr H in continuing to do his job without a car as a mode of transport.  As such, Mr H was disqualified for the minimum period of 12 months, to be reduced to 9 months upon successful completion of the drink drivers’ rehabilitation course.