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Carl recently represented Mr C at Liverpool Magistrates Court.

Mr C had accumulated 12 penalty points as a result of 4 minor motoring offences that were endorsed on his licence within a 3 year period. Exceptional hardship was presented and Carl was able to persuade the magistrates not to impose any period of disqualification. Mr C is involved in the sales industry and his inability to be mobile in his car would have resulted in his contract of employment being terminated. Furthermore, it was argued that it would be difficult for Mr C to obtain employment in the future, even after the expiry of his disqualification period of 6 months. If the Court were unable to find exceptional hardship, then the minimum period of disqualification is 6 months. It was also argued that his employers would suffer as Mr C attracted most of the business to his workplace, and the ramifications could have resulted in redundancies within the workplace. Thankfully, the Magistrates were persuaded by this powerful mitigation and Mr C was not disqualified at all.