DVLA / Inter-credit Fine

bosseyed

Paradigm wrote: »

Looks good.
You could also include this little nugget from the Interpretations act 1978 section 7



I'm sure you can squeeze it in somewhere or just reference the above act in your letter...the DVLA know it off by heart by now

Super, thanks I'll add it in and post it off.

Paradigm

bosseyed wrote: »

Super, thanks I'll add it in and post it off.

Good man.

Expect to receive a rejection where they quote "you should have contacted us" blah blah.

I don't know if you have read this thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2492195 if not have a read. I'm sure the OP would be more than happy to help you out if you ask he's been there!

rev_henry

Paradigm wrote: »

Looks good.
You could also include this little nugget from the Interpretations act 1978 section 7



I'm sure you can squeeze it in somewhere or just reference the above act in your letter...the DVLA know it off by heart by now

This little bit of legislation really is the point upon which the DVLA's whole argument falls down. Excellent...

rev_henry

Paradigm wrote: »

Good man.

Expect to receive a rejection where they quote "you should have contacted us" blah blah.

I don't know if you have read this thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2492195 if not have a read. I'm sure the OP would be more than happy to help you out if you ask he's been there!

To which you can then reply, 'you can tell me I SHOULD have contacted you all you like but there is no legal obligation to do so!'

tomprescott

I am not normally one to bottle out of challenging these sorts of things and I was well up for submitting a not guilty plea and writing the letter etc etc. However, I did put in a call to the DVLA to ask them oif they were up for an out of court settlement. They said yes, and offered £50 as full and final settlement to me for not registering a change of keeper.

I know that it is wrong to pay them £50 for the priviledge of their incompetency, and I could have pleaded not guilty and taken it all the way, but in the end I accepted the £50 quid fine and saved myself the hassle. I know I had a case, and I know it would have stood up in court, but at the risk or blotting my clean record and getting a CCJ for nothing, I think £50 is a cheaper and safer option.

For reference, they will only accept an out of court settlement up to 12 days before the court case. Otherwise you are too late.

I would always ring up and see if they are interested in settling out of court first, before you go down the court route. Unless you are genuinely not bothered about CCJ's etc, it is always best to settle these things first I would have thought?

Quentin

For information, even if you lose a county court case and get a CCJ, as long as you pay up within a month of getting a judgement against you then the ccj isn't registered against you, and your credit record remains unblemished by the episode.

Strider590

In ALL correspondance with the DVLA... KEEP records!! ALWAYS send any paperwork by recorded/sign for post.

bosseyed

Well touch wood, hopefully hopefully, the last letter has got these Inter Credit !!!!!!!s off my case. Have heard nothing since and I posted it a while back.

Watch a reply drop through my box now :rotfl:

tomprescott

HAd I known that Quentin I may hae taken the hard line, however I wouls still argue that £50 is a cheap fix rather than a trip down to the courts and day off etc etc. I would hae loved to have challenged it because I like a battle but on this occasion I just wanted rid of the issue.

dvr80

just checking back into this thread from a year ago where i was having the same issues with ICI and the DVLA see page 1.
Although letters went back and forth between ICI and myself, DVLA refused to get involved until I pointed out that they had contacted ICI and were ultimately going to be held to account if they couldn't prove beyond all doubt that I hadn't sent the change of keeper forms back to them. A copy was then sent to ICI in cc. and I heard nothing since. I've kept all of the correspondence 'just in case' they decide to crawl back out from the stone they've been hiding under however from reading some of the more recent stories on this thread it would appear that the MSE army is slowly but surely beating them back!
Good luck to all those still fighting them - keep at it and whatever you do, don't give in - I came very close to it but like someone else said, worse thing that can happen is they take you to court and win and you then pay within the time limit imposed and it doesn't get recorded anywhere on your record. This isn't likely but there's still a very small chance.
peace out