Archive: Driver Conduct Hearings

Martin Smith, specialist road transport law solicitor, represented a vocational licence holder at a driver conduct hearing who had received 10 points on his driving licence for an offence of failing to provide a specimen of breath. The licence holder was a mechanic and required his vocational entitlement in order […]

Helen Newbold, specialist road transport barrister, represented this driver who was facing a driver conduct hearing to regain his vocational licences for both HGV’s and PSV’s after a disqualification of his private driving licence. With a new position of professional driving work having been offered it was critical that this […]

Martin Smith represented at a Traffic Commissioner’s Driver Conduct Hearing a driver who had been disqualified from driving by a Magistrates Court for an offence of failing to provide a sample of breath. The case was complicated as police officers parked near to the driver’s house had seen him driving […]

A self employed driver, represented by Barrister Helen Newbold, avoided receiving any sanctions on his driving licence at a recent driver conduct hearing. It was alleged that the driver had previously failed to cooperate fully with the DVSA at an interview and failed to attend an earlier Public Inquiry. After […]

Barrister Helen Newbold was instructed to represent a driver in his application to regain his LGV licence after an unhappy history of road traffic offences. In order to satisfy the Traffic Commissioner that he could trust the driver not to commit similar offences in the future, Helen Newbold was able […]

An HGV driver, represented by SBC, had been called to a Driver Conduct Hearing for tachograph offences. At the roadside, the DVSA had found evidence of a second driver card in use in potentially suspicious circumstances. SBC were able to demonstrate to the Traffic Commissioner that the driver had not […]

Two HGV drivers, represented by SBC, were called to Driver Conduct Hearing before the Traffic Commissioner after a number of tachograph offences were uncovered in a DVSA investigation. The advocate was able to demonstrate that these offences, though unfortunate, did not take place intentionally. He was also able to show […]

An HGV driver was called to a Driver Conduct Hearing before the Traffic Commissioner after receiving a number of speeding penalties. In his submissions the advocate was able to show that, whilst the speeding infringements in themselves were inexcusable, there were significant mitigating factors in the driver’s favour. Having heard […]

This PSV driver, represented by Barrister Simon Clarke, was called in for a Driver conduct hearing. The driver, who worked for a private hire and minibus operator, had fallen into a dispute with his passengers after they had directed him to a location some 20 miles beyond the quoted journey. […]

This Driver, represented by Transport Barrister Harry Bowyer, was reported to the Office of the Traffic Commissioner for a serious offence whilst driving an LGV. There was, however, considerable mitigation and after hearing that mitigation, and the sensitive way the case had been handled by the Police who investigated the incident, […]