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PPS Summons

hicksy82
hicksy82 Posts: 7 Forumite
in Insurance & life assurance
Hi. I have received a court summons from the Public Prosecutions Service accusing me of driving without due care and attention. It was a very minor accident at 7.30am on a dark November morning where I was turning in to a side street in order to find a car parking space before work. A motor cyclist seemingly came out of nowhere and clipped the front left of my car. In the summons letter my DOB and address is incorrect and in the official police statement my DOB is incorrect. Will this help my case? Also, in the 4 and a bit months after the incident 2 of my sisters have committed suicide on seperate occasions which has left me in a terrible mental state so this is the last thing I need. Can anyone help? I am calling a solicitor on Monday but would just like some advice from anyone who has experienced something similar. Thanks in advance, Emma.

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  • rs65
    rs65 Posts: 5,682 Forumite
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    hicksy82 wrote: »
    Hi. I have received a court summons from the Public Prosecutions Service accusing me of driving without due care and attention. It was a very minor accident at 7.30am on a dark November morning where I was turning in to a side street in order to find a car parking space before work. A motor cyclist seemingly came out of nowhere and clipped the front left of my car. In the summons letter my DOB and address is incorrect and in the official police statement my DOB is incorrect. Will this help my case? Also, in the 4 and a bit months after the incident 2 of my sisters have committed suicide on seperate occasions which has left me in a terrible mental state so this is the last thing I need. Can anyone help? I am calling a solicitor on Monday but would just like some advice from anyone who has experienced something similar. Thanks in advance, Emma.

    Did you mean to ask this in the insurance forum?
  • hicksy82
    hicksy82 Posts: 7 Forumite
    I could not find a more relevant forum
  • rs65
    rs65 Posts: 5,682 Forumite
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    hicksy82 wrote: »
    I could not find a more relevant forum

    Motoring one maybe?
  • csgohan4
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    wrong DOB may not absolve you of blame, you admitted the incident did happen and corresponds to the reason of the summons.


    You need to get professional legal advice, at the minimum try Citizens advice bureaux
    "It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"

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  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,445 Forumite
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    This would be best first port of call;-

    http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=5
    I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 11,349 Forumite
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    A motor cyclist seemingly came out of nowhere and clipped the front left of my car.
    accusing me of driving without due care and attention

    Seems pretty much bang to rights I'm afraid, if you didn't see a motorbike and hit it because you either turned into him (maybe you overtook him and he was on your left) or he was on the road you were turning into then you weren't paying attention

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

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