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Help, statutory declaration
Nicola8612
Posts: 7 Forumite
Hi I’m in desperate need of advice :-(
I had a lease car and last year was caught speeding unbeknown to me. The lease company had the registered keeper document V5 so I think the leasing company gave the police my previous house address. I had changed address with my work place however as the lease car was thorough work and automatically got deducted from my wages I didn’t think to inform the leasing company.
So the police sent a letter asking to confirm who was driving the vehicle to my old address. I got charged for failing to provide the identity of the driver, a £811 fine and 6 points.
Fast forward to this month, I handed my lease car back as I got a new job. I bought a cheap runaround and went to get car insurance. I put that I had no penalty points. When I phoned my insurance company to give them the pass code so that they could check my license online that’s when it came to light that I’d got 6 penalty points. I was totally gobsmacked!!
I phoned the DVLA and they gave me further information. Then I phoned the court who had dealt with it and a nice lady told me further information and told me to apply for a statutory declaration hearing which is where you go to court and swear on oath that you knew nothing about it until now. I contacted my local court and arranged the appointment for next month as they are fully booked. I signed paperwork and signed to say that this is the truth. I was informed that any enforcement would be put on hold after my appointment was made for the statutory declaration hearing however if I do not attend the hearing then enforcement would continue.
This morning I have received a letter from the original court to inform me that they have applied for an attachment of earnings for the £811 and will begin to take it from my wage this month.
Surely if I’ve got the statutory declaration hearing they cannot do this until that hearing has taken place?
I agree that I am guilty of speeding and will fully own up and take the fine and points, however I did not receive any paperwork that asked me to confirm who the driver was.
What do I do? :-(
Thanks
I had a lease car and last year was caught speeding unbeknown to me. The lease company had the registered keeper document V5 so I think the leasing company gave the police my previous house address. I had changed address with my work place however as the lease car was thorough work and automatically got deducted from my wages I didn’t think to inform the leasing company.
So the police sent a letter asking to confirm who was driving the vehicle to my old address. I got charged for failing to provide the identity of the driver, a £811 fine and 6 points.
Fast forward to this month, I handed my lease car back as I got a new job. I bought a cheap runaround and went to get car insurance. I put that I had no penalty points. When I phoned my insurance company to give them the pass code so that they could check my license online that’s when it came to light that I’d got 6 penalty points. I was totally gobsmacked!!
I phoned the DVLA and they gave me further information. Then I phoned the court who had dealt with it and a nice lady told me further information and told me to apply for a statutory declaration hearing which is where you go to court and swear on oath that you knew nothing about it until now. I contacted my local court and arranged the appointment for next month as they are fully booked. I signed paperwork and signed to say that this is the truth. I was informed that any enforcement would be put on hold after my appointment was made for the statutory declaration hearing however if I do not attend the hearing then enforcement would continue.
This morning I have received a letter from the original court to inform me that they have applied for an attachment of earnings for the £811 and will begin to take it from my wage this month.
Surely if I’ve got the statutory declaration hearing they cannot do this until that hearing has taken place?
I agree that I am guilty of speeding and will fully own up and take the fine and points, however I did not receive any paperwork that asked me to confirm who the driver was.
What do I do? :-(
Thanks
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You are best off asking this on Pepipoo http://forums.pepipoo.com/ they specialise in speeding tickets.0
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Thanks, I!!!8217;ll try there0
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