Jacobs help asap please

jcowap

Hello
Sorry if I’m posting in the wrong place.

I got a bus lane fine that dates back to over 12 months ago however, I didn’t receive the original fine from the council. This is because I moved address and the DVLA didn’t update my address when I changed my log book. This has caused me other issues for example, I got a fine for not taxing my car.

So I got the year old fine through the door which has now been passed to Jacobs and it’s now £180. I called them to advise it’s the first I heard of it but I will pay it in instalments. They bates something like £58 a month and I said I checked my outgoings and I can afford £37. They declined this so I said I’ll pay £37 every month anyhow. To date I have made 2 payments of £37 and was due to make another on Friday on payday.

I’ve come home to a letter hand delivered saying removal within 24 hours and the balance is £336! I called Jacobs and they said although I’m making payments , they didn’t agree to the payment plan. I rang the guy that delivered the note and asked him if he’s going to break in and he said he didn’t say that.

The way I envisaged it going was to a judge and a judge would see it as unfair that I didn’t get the original £30 fine, I’m paying what I can afford.

From what I’ve read they can’t force entry. I just don’t want to keep paying £37 and then the £336 keeps rising.

My friend has suggested that I pay off what is left of the £180 and speak to the council to see if they can ask Jacobs to back off now.

Please help

elsien

Have they been to court and obtained a judgement against you, or are they still just at the stage of pressuring you to pay?

jcowap

Hello - they simply said they had a warrant.

WhenIam64

Have they been to court and obtained a judgement against you

Traffic penalties go to the Traffic Enforcement Centre and "if this was the first the OP knew about it" then applying to the TEC to have it reset was the way to go. I suspect it is too late now but at least have a word with TEC (if outside London) or London Tribunals/PATAS if within London.

https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/eat/understanding-enforcement-process/bus-lane-pcn-enforcement-process

Slithery

jcowap wrote: »

This is because I moved address and the DVLA didn’t update my address when I changed my log book. This has caused me other issues for example, I got a fine for not taxing my car.

To late for you now but for anyone else reading it is your responsibility to change the address for your log book and your license - not DVLA's.

Coupon-mad

WhenIam64 wrote: »

Traffic penalties go to the Traffic Enforcement Centre and "if this was the first the OP knew about it" then applying to the TEC to have it reset was the way to go. I suspect it is too late now but at least have a word with TEC (if outside London) or London Tribunals/PATAS if within London.

https://www.londontribunals.gov.uk/eat/understanding-enforcement-process/bus-lane-pcn-enforcement-process

This is the correct advice and pepipoo can assist people with these cases, as posted here by a poster who achieved it:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/76783638#Comment_76783638

This query needed to be on the parking tickets & fines board.

However, we would have signposted the OP to pepipoo forum for best advice on Council enforcement/appeal/reset processes, as we (the regulars on the parking fines board) spend our days easily beating pretty much all private parking charges, and helping victims with defences against 'non-debt' meritless civil claims from scam parking firms.

Just posting this to make sure posters with any form of 'parking ticket' are never told to pay, and are always signposted to us regulars on the parking board:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

...or to pepipoo for council fines like this one. Pretty much all winnable.