Advice needed on appeal for court appointed speeding fine

[JustinP1]

Gooly said:

You're certainly right, I am my own worst enemy and no I'm not a lucky person by any means.

I've found the receipt for the original NIP. Does the NIP have a plea on it? Does proof of sending NIP to the police station mean anything?

Also, would demonstrating my current means form as some kind of reason for the fine to be excessive?

Edited by Gooly on Saturday 4th October 18:17

The only thing that could have saved you would have been proving the court had made an administrative error. That would mean a Recorded Delivery docket.

Your very, very best case scenario would be that the fine would be reduced from £400 plus costs to £200 plus costs.

However, you'll need to spend a day in court to do that. Crown Court is a lot more formal than the mags court. It's a serious business.

When you appeal, IIRC they look at the punishment from scratch. Therefore you do run the risk that they might say 5 points and £200 is more appropriate, but they may also say that a short ban is more appropriate. If you lose there's also additional costs to pay.


My advice is to stop digging and spend your time requesting to pay back the fine in instalments.

[Gooly]

Hi,

Sorry to bump an old thread, I just thought it was worth updating. I represented myself at Crown Court to appeal the sentence and had the fine reduced from £525 inc costs to £280.

Edited by Gooly on Tuesday 10th February 15:31

[Amused2death]

Well done that man, now be a good boy in future

[superlightr]

good - sounds like your luck has changed. well done.

[woodyTVR]

Nice one, gave you time to save too lol

[paintman]

Well done!

[Gooly]

Thanks for the kind comments and also to all the advice and information given previously!