Archive: Driver Conduct Hearings
Immediate Restoration of LGV Entitlements Following Totting up Disqualification
This driver was called to a Driver Conduct Hearing following a totting up disqualification. The Driver was represented by Millicent Dooher, who made an application for this to be heard as soon as possible due to the expiry of the totting up disqualification. The Traffic Commissioner agreed to deal […]
Driver Avoids Suspension for Bridge Strike
A driver was called before the Traffic Commissioner following a bridge strike whilst driving their LGV. Represented by Lisa Lyden-Cowan, the driver gave their explanation and mitigation was put forward to the Traffic Commissioner on the driver’s behalf. The Statutory Guidance indicates the starting point for a bridge strike is […]
Driver Escapes with 2 Week Suspension for Use of a mobile phone whilst driving and speeding in a commercial vehicle
A driver who had one conviction for using a mobile phone whilst driving their personal car and one conviction for speeding in a commercial vehicle was called to a driver conduct hearing facing a starting point of a 6 weeks’ suspension to their vocational licence. Represented by Lisa Lyden-Cowan, the […]
After 10 False Record Offences Driver Escapes with Formal Warning from the Traffic Commissioner.
This driver, represented before the Traffic Commissioner by barrister, Millicent Dooher, was facing, according to the guidelines, at least a 12-month disqualification and revocation of his vocational entitlements for 10 offences of making a false record by removing his tachograph card whilst driving. This driver was also before the Traffic […]
SBC Represent Ten Drivers at Driver Conduct Hearing – All Dealt with Below Recommended Starting Point.
SBC were approached to represent ten drivers from the same company who were to be dealt with at a Driver Conduct Hearing for assorted tachograph breaches including card pulling. Barristers Helen Newbold and Millicent Dooher represented the drivers, many of whom were looking at long suspensions or revocation of their […]
Bridge Strike – Driver Spared Revocation
Our solicitor, Laura Newton, attended a Driver Conduct Hearing with a driver who had been involved in a bridge strike whilst driving a HGV. The Statutory document indicates that drivers can expect to be called to a hearing with a Licence revocation and 6 month disqualification. In this case, the […]
Using a Mobile Phone GPS in an LGV- Driver escapes with 1-week suspension at Driver Conduct Hearing
This driver was represented by Millicent Dooher, barrister, having been observed using his mobile telephone whilst behind the wheel of an LGV. It was the Driver’s case that he was using the GPS only. By bringing the most recent cases on mobile telephone use in vehicles to the attention of […]
Driver Convicted of Mobile Phone Offence and Speeding Given a Written Warning at Driver Conduct Hearing
Barrister, Millicent Dooher, represented this driver after he was called in following a conviction for a mobile telephone offence and a speeding offence in an LGV. The Traffic Commissioner accepted that the Driver understood the severity of his actions and was pleased the Driver had acquired legal assistance. Given the […]
The Wheel on the Bus Didn’t go Round and Round – It Came Off! Driver Escapes with Written Warning.
The PSV driver was represented by Millicent Dooher, barrister, at the Driver Conduct Hearing after the wheel had come off the double decker school bus the driver was driving. Plainly in cases such as these some of the blame lay with others but the driver’s walkround is the last line […]
4-Week Suspension for LGV Driver Who Received 8 Fixed Penalty Notices from the DVSA
Millicent Dooher represented the driver at the Driver Conduct Hearing after the driver had received 8 Fixed Penalty Notices from the DVSA. The Traffic Commissioner was persuaded that the driver had made drastic improvements from the time the penalties were issued, and as such reduced the suspension length to 4-weeks. […]
