A 20 year old boy was charged with driving without insurance. He was asked by his employer to drive the Van down to a supplier during a job to collect extra materials. His employer assured him he was insured.to drive. the vehicle under the company insurance. When stopped police advised him the vehicle had never been insured. Our client was devastated, especially as imposition of 6 points would have meant revocation of his licence as a new driver. CPS argued that he should have asked to see the policy of insurance before driving and by failing to do that could not be said to have reasonably held the belief the vehicle was validly insured. The court accepted our argument that it was reasonable for a young man who had been working with his employer for several months , and promptly paid his wages to trust his employer to tell him the truth. Our client was rightly found not guilty.

WARNING NOTE : Courts are imposing higher burdens on persons who wish to use this defence so before driving someone else’s car always check you are validly insured.

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