He drove a tractor without insurance, but the charge was withdrawn

We represented the defendant at Ammanford Magistrates Court on 22nd September 2009 at a hearing to argue there were special reasons why his licence should not be endorsed.

The circumstances were that our client  was insured to drive his own tractor, and he used his own tractor to do some work on a friend’s farm to help him out. On one occasion however, the friend offered him the use of a larger tractor which was more suitable for carrying some goods down the road. Both parties believed he was covered by the farm insurance, but unfortunately this belief was incorrect.

This was a young driver of 17 years old and he had recently enrolled on a college course in agricultural engineering, and to lose his licence would have meant he could not drive the machinery that he was training on at  college.

When the case came to court we made detailed representations on his behalf to the prosecutor who decided to offer no evidence and withdrew the summons for no insurance, much to the client’s relief and delight.