TV license court summons

Mistral001

Basically the OP's girlfriend admitted to a criminal offence to the TV officer. The TV officier will go to court and confirm this and there is nothing that can be done.

Seems very unfair - and it is. Those who know the law and how to dodge it will get off and those who do not will be caught - if the do not have a licence that is.

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Miramol wrote: »

usually there is an element of back duty to be paid ie for the month when there was no licence and possibly a fine

That's not correct.

The court has no power to award any "back duty" to the BBC.

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spike7451 wrote: »

When I received my summons, the name on the papers was completely wrong but that doesn't stop them persuing it

It stops them pursuing you for it.

They can only pursue the person, whose name appears on the summons.

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spike7451 wrote: »

When I got the summons, I called them to tell them the name was wrong & they said "We'll just change it on the docket & send you a new one".

You shouldn't have phoned them

What you should have done is write "NO KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS" on the unopened envelope, and popped it back in a postbox.

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pineapple wrote: »

I will tell them once.

I wouldn't even bother telling them once.

For one thing, they won't believe you, and for another, there's no obligation to.

Would you tell SKY or VM that you don't watch TV?

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davidlizard wrote: »

Full sympathies with the OP.

This however serves as a case in point about why under no circumstances should you let the BBC (TVL is a trademark of the BBC) into your house, regardless of whether you require a television licence or not.

They have no legal right to enter private property, so why do people continue to let them in?

Neither are people under any legal obligation to tell them anything, so why do people continue to self-incriminate themselves?

The correct action is to simply shut the door.

100% correct - never let TVL scum inside your home, Lies & cheating is normal Capita behaivour.