Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
Such conduct amounts to fraud by false representation under ss 1 and 2 of the Fraud Act 2006. Appeals show that even ‘wholly amateurish’ schemes frequently cross the custody threshold.
With courts stressing deterrence and ‘public protection’, a quick route to a licence may end with a prison sentence.
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