Court summons in a different name for driving without due care

Coupon-mad

drmacf007 said:

Yes, it's 'me too' 
Got the remainder post
They have sent out two letters, one for me and one for another chap!  To my address

Anyone can recommend a good traffic solicitor
both for advise and to represent me in court 
How much do they usually charge? 

Ask on FTLA.

Herzlos

It's worth calling the court to let them know, if you got one directed to you already then it's probably just an admin mistake but should be easy enough to sort now.

Car_54

Keep_pedalling said:

Car_54 said:

As the letter is not addressed to you, it's not for you. Send it back, with a covering letter (just "Not me", not the whole story.)

I would not do that, ring the court on Monday to get this sorted this is too important to leave to the post.

For the police to offer a fixed penalty, they must have considered the offence to be at the low end of the scale. For a SJ to refer a case to a full hearing, he would have to conclude the opposite, and consider a ban might be appropriate. That seems unlikely, so probably indeed a mistake.

The most likely reason the OPs case being shifted to a court appearance is that a topping up ban.

Good point.

TooManyPoints

The most likely reason the OPs case being shifted to a court appearance is that a topping up ban.

I assume you mean "totting up" ban. In which case, possibly not:

Seems  they are out to get me. In 25 years, never been stopped by cops, no record and zero points on my license. Now I am dragged to court. 

user1977

elsien said:

Their other thread clarifies that there is another summons in their own name as well as the one that got sent by mistake. 

Ah, that would have been a useful detail for the OP to mention...

born_again

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6533410/court-summons-in-a-different-name-for-driving-without-due-care/p1

LightFlare

drmacf007 said:

TooManyPoints said:

The most likely reason the OPs case being shifted to a court appearance is that a topping up ban.

I assume you mean "totting up" ban. In which case, possibly not:

Seems  they are out to get me. In 25 years, never been stopped by cops, no record and zero points on my license. Now I am dragged to court. 

What's the difference between a topping up and totting up ban?? 
Why would a magistrate think so differently, than a cop on the road? One said 3 points and 100 quid and other says court and T ban? 

one is a real thing the other isnt

Car_54

drmacf007 said:

Can't be totting up, as of now I have 0 points on me license
Let them ban me, what can I say or do differently, that will make a difference? I already apologized to the cops in person and wrote a letter of apology to the SJP. 

Since the police seem to have considered your offence appropriate for a COFP, it seems very unlikely that the officer’s evidence would point  the court towards anything beyond the lower end of the scale.

sheramber

user1977 said:

elsien said:

Their other thread clarifies that there is another summons in their own name as well as the one that got sent by mistake. 

Ah, that would have been a useful detail for the OP to mention...

From the OP’s other post

Yes, it's 'me too' 
Got the remainder post
They have sent out two letters, one for me and one for another chap!  To my address

Anyone can recommend a good traffic solicitor
both for advise and to represent me in court 
How much do they usually charge? 

uknick

Try this one

.Andrew Thompson, Barrister (counsel.direct)

He posts on Pistonheads and gets good reviews.  But, as he's a Barrister I doubt he'll be cheap.