Dear all, thanks for your help in advance, I am in a situation where i need your help.

I had my court hearing yesterday where i was found guilty of failing to provide driver information. Back story is, Some amount was deducted from my salary so i called my payroll department to ask about it and was informed that they were ordered by magistrate court to take that amount. So i called magistrate court and found out that back in February 2016, my vehicle was caught exceeding temporary speed limit of 50 on motorway. Letters were sent to me asking for identification of driver which i never received, so case went on trial and i was convicted in my absence. Once i had found out about all this, i had to do a statute declaration stating that i had no knowledge of this prior to September 2017 so case started from new. I hired a solicitor to deal with my case. My solicitor wrote/called police and cps numerous time asking for evidence but they could not find my file. So i went for trail with a barrister and 15 minutes prior to trial a file was handed to barrister containing all the paperwork. My barrister knew nothing about my case so i had to explain her everything in 15 minutes. We went to trial and were asked for supporting documents for due diligence defence, i could provide few documents from my email but not all the documents. So judges found me guilty for this offence. I came back home and thoroughly checked my emails and found a lot more stuff which i could have provided as evidence and felt very stupid for not having a copy of everything at that time. I partly blame this on my solicitor as well, she was way too positive that my case will be dismissed prior to trial but that didn't not turn out to be the case.

Now, my first question is, should i apply to magistrate court for reopening the case or should i go ahead to crown court?

Secondly, i had my license for 1 year and 9 months at the time of offence but now it is 3 and half years old. So after six points on my license, will DVLA revoke my license or because hearing was only yesterday so i should be fine?

Your help will be much appreciated.