In 2017 I represented Mr W, a self-employed window cleaner. He was his family’s sole source of income and they depended on him to pay the mortgage on the home. He owned and used specialised window cleaning equipment to clean office block windows in central London and left home early every morning to collect employees along the way. The court accepted evidence that a six-month disqualification would put his family’s security at risk through loss of the home. Exceptional hardship was found and he was not disqualified.