Penalty Points and the 'Totting Up' system

A penalty points or “totting up” disqualification will arise once you accumulate 12 penalty points within 3 years, and you become liable to a mandatory disqualification for at least 6 months.  If it is your second “totting up” disqualification, then the minimum is 12 months. 

To avoid a mandatory “totting up” disqualification you must show that you will suffer exceptional hardship or that special reasons apply.

The rules are complicated and it is crucial that in these situations, where so much is at stake, you take the advice of an expert solicitor.