Removing Penalty Points from your licence - Patterson Law
If you have expired endorsements on your licence and would like to remove them, you have to exchange your licence for a new one.
You can apply for a new licence by post. If you happen to have a paper driving licence, you can also use the premium checking service.
Photocard driving licence holder
You will be required to;
- complete an ‘application for a driving licence’ called a D1, which is available from the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) form ordering service or all Post Office® branches
- you must send back your photocard driving licence,= and the paper counterpart as well as the appropriate £20.00 fee
- if you have changed your name you will also need to include all the original documentation that you have which confirms your new name.
- post all these documents to DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1BU
Renew your Driving licence Photo
Your driving licence photo can be renewed at any time, however, if the expiry date it in the near future, it will need to be renewed before it expires. The date that your driving licence photo expires is shown on your driving licence in section 4b.
It is not possible to renew your driving licence photo online.
Paper driving licence holder
If you still have a paper driving licence, you will need to;
- complete an ‘application for a driving licence’ Form D1 available from the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) form ordering service or from any Post Office®
- provide original identity documentation
- include a passport type photograph,as well as your original paper driving licence and a fee of £20.00
- then, send all these documents to DVLA, Swansea SA99 1BU or opt to use the premium checking service which is available at some selected Post Office® branches as well as at DVLA local offices
Get your Penalty Points Removed from your Licence
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A new client came to us after being banned by the Magistrates for 6 months. He had accumulated 12 points within 3 years and the Magistrates court banned him for 6 months. The client tried to argue exceptional hardship on his own and the court rejected his argument.
Our client instructed us to represent him at court when he was charged with overloading a hired minibus. He had hired the minibus as he had his extended family visiting for a holiday. At the same time builders were refurbishing his house and asked him if he could help them collect some extra sand and cement. Our client agreed and they went with him to the DIY shop to collect the materials.
Our client was stopped on the way back home for overloading. He was devasted by the charge and the subsequent court proceedings, due to the fact that it was an innocent mistake and he was in the process of applying for an indefinite leave to remain in the UK visa.
He approached many so called motoring lawyers before us who told him to plead guilty and take the fine and points. We acted on his behalf and made a special reasons argument and also an argument under s.48 RTOA 88. The court agreed not to give any points and to impose an absolute discharge meaning that the conviction was imediately spent.
At Patterson Law we think outside of the box and we go the extra mile to try and achieve the results you need. Contact us now on 01626 359800 or email e.patterson@pattersonlaw.co.uk if you want lawyers who represent an island of excellence in a sea of mediocrity!
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