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Driving Without a Licence

This is a strange little offence. You would assume that its really serious and would lead to a ban, but it doesn't ! Having said that any offence that carries penalty points has to be taken very seriously...

Driving without a licence is not the same as driving whilst disqualified, which carries a significant risk of imprisonment because you are classed as ignoring an order of the court.

You can commit an offence of driving without a licence in a variety of different circumstances some of which are endorsable with 3 penalty points and some versions of the offence carry no points.

Endorsable Driving Licence Offences.

Driving without a licence is endorsable if you have no entitlement to drive the type of vehicle that you are driving. For example driving a manual car when you have never passed a manual car driving test. This offence carries 3 points.

Driving a motorbike without ever having passed a full test and without a motorbike entitlement is endorseable with 3 penalty points.

Driving without L plates and without a qualified supervisor is endorsable with 3 penalty points if you have never passed a full test and only have a provisional licence.

Non-Endorsable Driving Licence Offences.

Driving without a licence is not endorsable if you have passed the required test and you have an entitlement to driving the vehicle in question but for some reason your licence has been revoked or suspended.

This sometime happens if you have been convicted of an endorsable offence without knowing about it and the DVLA  have been trying to get hold of you in order ot endorse points on it. If you don't respond to their letters they will revoke/suspend your licence whilst waiting for you to surrender it.

In order to get your licence back you simply have to surrender your licence to the DVLA.

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Dec 23, 2011
Category: General
Posted by: patterson
This case represents our toughest battle to date. It was a battle at every stage involving Magistrates, District Judges, Court Clerks, Cps lawyers and Crown Court Judges. The argument was all about whether a road was public or private.
Oct 26, 2011
Category: General
Posted by: patterson
"I'm so proud of my team. They continue to go from strengh to strengh in terms of their skill and expertise in winning cases on behalf of out clients..." Emma Patterson, Principal Solicitor
Mar 10, 2011
Category: General
Posted by: patterson

This article relates to a recent victory at court. The case does not set a precedent - but it shows that if handled with care it is possible to avoid points in a no insurance case where no one else was at fault.

Read on......