Winter is set to bring exceptional hardship, especially in the provinces.
We chatted about grandchildren and church, without any mention of exceptional hardship.
It is time to act and a first step would be to remove the discretion of magistrates not to disqualify when "exceptional hardship" or "special reasons" are demonstrated.
He also promised more generous compensation to homeowners with a exceptional hardship scheme to guarantee that those affected by blight could sell their houses.
He then successfully pleaded that "exceptional hardship" would result if he was disqualified and the court permitted him to keep his licence.
Mr Lewis said: "My instructions are though he was not the driver on that occasion I am not going to argue against a ban on grounds of exceptional hardship".
A spokesman for the DVLA said: "In the majority of these cases, magistrates may have decided to allow drivers to retain their entitlement to drive where it is considered that disqualification would cause exceptional hardship.
His lawyer, Steve Traylor of Princeton, had to prove three things: that Mr. Tajiboy had lived in the United States for 10 years, that he had no criminal record and that Antony, his American-born son, would face exceptional hardship if deported.
The court of appeal ruled Carmody had "inadvertently overlooked" compelling reasons why the woman, who had not used cannabis for three years, should not be in jail, which "would result in significant or exceptional hardship to her eight young children".
The houses on Sandwath Drive, however, sit just beyond that boundary, meaning that residents can only apply for an "exceptional hardship" scheme which, as far as phase one is concerned, has benefited only around a quarter of the people who applied.
Dangerous drivers are increasingly likely to be permitted by courts to stay behind the wheel, the report found, with the number of driving bans falling 62% over the last 10 years, and ever-more people claiming exceptional hardship to avoid a disqualification.
