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Hospital boss gets driving ban lifted after judge decides it would be 'unfair to NHS'

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A hospital boss who took a "cavalier approach" to driving laws has been spared a ban after a judge ruled it would be “grossly unfair” to the health service during the pandemic.

Donald Richards, who earns £165,000 as the chief financial officer for West Hertfordshire NHS Hospital Trust, was disqualified from driving by magistrates in September after racking up too many points on his licence.

The 56-year-old's latest offence was driving 56mph while in a 40mph zone on the A40 near Ealing, west London, in October last year.

Richards appealed the ban at Kingston Crown Court claiming he faced “exceptional hardship”. A panel of two justices and a crown court judge ruled the ban should be lifted, not because of Richards’ own circumstances, but

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