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Tom was recently instructed by Mr K who was charged with speeding and summonsed to appear before Bodmin Magistrates Court, Cornwall. Mr K was accused of travelling in excess of 100mph on a motorway. Regrettably, Mr K’s driving licence was already endorsed with 9 penalty points. One option available to Mr K was for us to justify to the Court a short period of disqualification and, thus, inviting the Court to impose such a penalty would have the advantage of avoiding a longer period of disqualification as a result of having more than 12 penalty points on his licence.

We were able to persuade the Court who disqualified Mr K for a period of 21 days and fined him £545. When a Court imposes any period of disqualification they are unable to endorse penalty points.