Driving is a critical part of my job. I can only drive to and from work and my job requires that I travel regularly around the UK to visit customers etc.  Is this a strong enough reason to avoid a totting up ban?

The criteria applied by the Court is “exceptional hardship” and it is a common comment that whilst an individual would suffer hardship through the loss of their licence, that hardship is not so exceptional that it justifies avoiding a totting up ban.  Loss of job alone does not always amount to exceptional hardship and any attempt to avoid totting up purely on that basis could fail.  It can however be used to develop other reasons which combined, do meet the criteria set by the Court.