Motorist with 62 penalty points legally allowed to drive – BBC News
‘A driver who clocked up 62 points on his licence is still allowed to drive, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 23rd February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: driving licences
Driven to despair – official-documents.gov.uk
‘This report highlights major failings in the way DVLA makes decisions on whether people with certain medical conditions are safe to drive.’
official-documents.gov.uk, 19th October 2016
Source: www.official-documents.gov.uk
‘Major failings’ in DVLA medical fitness to drive cases – BBC News
‘The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is not making fair decisions about medical fitness-to-drive cases, a report has suggested. It said people’s lives had been put on hold for years because of flawed decision-making and poor communication. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report found “major failings” in eight drivers’ cases.’
BBC News, 20th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Driving licences wrongly revoked under May’s immigration measures – The Guardian
‘Hundreds of people have been wrongly refused bank accounts or had their driving licences revoked under the former home secretary Theresa May’s measures to “create a hostile environment for illegal immigrants”, the immigration watchdog has revealed.’
The Guardian, 13th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Skip hire firm boss jailed for injuring 21 people when his Mercedes careered into charity ball marquee – Daily Telegraph
‘A wealthy businessman who drunkenly ploughed his new Mercedes into a marquee at a charity ball injuring 21 people has been jailed for more than a year.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
M4 fatal crash driver jailed after falling asleep at wheel – BBC News
‘A van driver who killed three passengers in a crash on the M4 after falling asleep at the wheel has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 6th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge calls for elderly drivers review after woman, 80, mows down schoolgirls – Daily Telegraph
‘A judge has called on the Government to “urgently review” the law on elderly drivers as he spared jail for an 80-year-old motorist who mowed down eight schoolgirls.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Clayton Williams convicted of PC Dave Phillips’s manslaughter – BBC News
‘A car thief has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a policeman by running him over in a stolen pick-up truck during a chase.’
BBC News, 21st March 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Motorist with 51 points escapes driving ban – Daily Telegraph
‘A motorist with 51 penalty points – more than four times the permitted maximum – on their licence is still allowed on the road, it has been revealed. The driver, based in Oxford, is one of three in the UK with more than 40 points on their licence who have not been disqualified. The information was released by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) following a Freedom of Information request from the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). It also shows that 3 million of the 45 million licence holders in the UK carry penalty points, of which 13 have accumulated 28 or more.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Cassie’s law’: 609 drivers lose licence after tougher police power on eye tests – The Guardian
‘Hundreds of motorists have had their driving licence revoked after failing roadside eye tests under new police powers, figures have shown.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
NEW UNINSURED DRIVERS’ AGREEMENT – IN FORCE 1 AUGUST 2015 – Zenith PI
‘A new Uninsured Drivers’ Agreement comes into force on 1 August 2015 which applies to accidents occurring on or after that date.’
Zenith PI, 13th July 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Driver jailed for disguising his car as ambulance while caring for sick wife – The Guardian
‘A man has been jailed for dressing as a paramedic and disguising his Renault estate car as an emergency response vehicle, complete with flashing light, to run errands for his wife, a court has heard.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Air steward jailed for five years over smuggling fake passports in underwear – The Guardian
‘An airline steward who tried to smuggle fake passports by hiding them in a pair of specially adapted underpants has been jailed for five years.’
Full story
The Guardian, 19th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Motorist escapes jail after three-year-old is crushed to death by Land Rover trailer – Daily Telegraph
‘The heartbroken family of a three-year-old boy crushed to death by a runaway trailer yesterday branded the motorist’s sentence a “joke” after he escaped prison.
Daily Telegraph, 2nd April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jasmyn Chan death: Man jailed for Sheffield hit-and-run – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for killing a teenage girl in a hit-and-run crash. Jasmyn Chan, 14, died when she was hit by a car on Normanton Hill, Sheffield, on 9 May while crossing the road.’
BBC News, 27th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
DVLA suffers High Court defeat for revoking elderly woman’s licence based on ‘age alone’ – Daily Telegraph
‘A 78-year-old woman who caused a three car pile-up has won the right to drive again, as judge rules that medical checks as well as on-road appraisals are necessary.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Killer drivers will be kept off the roads in new crackdown – Daily Telegraph
‘Mike Penning, the Justice Minister, tells The Telegraph he will change the law before Easter to close a loophole that allows killer drivers to get back behind the wheel as soon as they leave prison.’
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 4th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Langley – WLR Daily
Regina v Langley [2014] WLR (D) 238
‘Older authorities on sentencing had to be considered in the light of the requirement in section 125 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 that definitive sentencing guidelines had to be followed. Further, the power in section 147 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 to impose a disqualification from driving was exercisable in relation to a conspiracy to rob where the defendant was the getaway driver.’
WLR Daily, 12th June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Solicitor denied judicial appointment because of points on driving licence loses JR – Litigation Futures
‘A solicitor who was denied appointment at a district judge because he had seven points on his driving licence has failed in his challenge to the decision of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC).’
Litigation Futures, 27th May 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Tougher sentences for banned drivers who cause deaths – BBC News
‘Tougher sentences for banned drivers who cause death on the roads and a new offence of causing serious injury while disqualified are to be introduced.’
BBC News, 6th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
