Motor Insurance Offences

Insurance Offences

If you have used or allowed someone else to use your motor vehicle in a public place, without the minimum third party insurance cover, you may have committed an insurance offence. If you let someone drive your vehicle without such a policy in force, the penalty you would face is exactly the same as if you had been driving the vehicle yourself.

Carter Moore Solicitors are experts in dealing with matters relating to insurance offences. If you have been caught driving without insurance, contact us today on 08458 737 333 or complete our enquiry form and one of our motoring solicitors will be in touch with you shortly.

In order to bring a case against you, the prosecution simply have to prove that you had use of the motor vehicle on a public road or a place to which the public have access. This means that you do not actually have to be driving the vehicle. Therefore, if the vehicle is parked on a public road outside your house, it can amount to an insurance offence.

Driving Without Insurance Defences

Defences to insurance offences do exist but, more commonly, special reasons are argued before the court at a hearing as a method of avoiding points penalties.

A special reasons hearing is a legal procedure whereby a motorist can advance a set of circumstances in efforts to avoid a disqualification or penalty points. For example, where a motorist is accused of driving with no insurance but had a genuine and honestly held belief that insurance was in place, they would be able to argue that this amounted to a special reason not to impose penalty points, albeit in circumstances where they are guilty of the offence. Other examples of special reasons accepted by the court can include medical emergencies or being in fear of your personal safety.

Insurance Offence Penalties

The punishment for driving without insurance or allowing your vehicle to be used by an uninsured driver is 6 to 8 penalty points and a fine of up to £5000. In serious cases the courts have the discretion to disqualify you from driving.

If you believe you require assistance in relation to an insurance offence then don’t hesitate to contact us.

For more information regarding insurance offences, call Carter Moore Solicitors today on 08458 737 333. Alternatively, please complete our enquiry form and one of our motoring solicitors will be in touch shortly.