Court Summons for speeding - Help/advice needed.
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Facts.
Caught by scamera van doing 91 on the motorway.
Nip sent and returned.
Fine paid.
Sent Driving license.
Rang up SCP in March asking for my license back. Informed it was lost..backtracked a bit and told it wasn't received. New license applied for with DVLA and sent back to SCP 2 weeks ago.
Court summons for speeding arrived last week.
Any advice welcome.
Caught by scamera van doing 91 on the motorway.
Nip sent and returned.
Fine paid.
Sent Driving license.
Rang up SCP in March asking for my license back. Informed it was lost..backtracked a bit and told it wasn't received. New license applied for with DVLA and sent back to SCP 2 weeks ago.
Court summons for speeding arrived last week.
Any advice welcome.
See page 189 of this document (p.183 of the pdf)
http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/upl...
Include reference to the aforementioned in your written representations.
http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/upl...
Include reference to the aforementioned in your written representations.
The Surveyor said:
OP, when you sent them your driving licence originally, did you sent it to them 'Recorded Delivery', as in are you able to provide any confirmation that they actually received it?
No I foolishly just stuck it in the normal post.Penalty was paid on the 23rd December to HMCOURTS. No refund has been given.
agtlaw said:
See page 189 of this document (p.183 of the pdf)
http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/upl...
Include reference to the aforementioned in your written representations.
Which part? I'm a bit thick when it comes to law stuff.http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/upl...
Include reference to the aforementioned in your written representations.
Never you mind said:
No I foolishly just stuck it in the normal post.
Penalty was paid on the 23rd December to HMCOURTS. No refund has been given.
No refund! Penalty was paid on the 23rd December to HMCOURTS. No refund has been given.
Assuming not, but has your licence been endorsed for this offence?
https://www.viewdrivingrecord.service.gov.uk/drivi...
Never you mind said:
Which part? I'm a bit thick when it comes to law stuff.
I'd imagineSGC said:
where a penalty notice was not offered or taken up for reasons unconnected with the offence
itself, such as administrative difficulties, the starting point should be a fine equivalent to the
amount of the penalty and no order of costs should be imposed. The offender should not be
disadvantaged by the unavailability of the penalty notice in these circumstances. A list of offences
for which penalty notices are available, and the amount of the penalty, is set out in Annex B.
itself, such as administrative difficulties, the starting point should be a fine equivalent to the
amount of the penalty and no order of costs should be imposed. The offender should not be
disadvantaged by the unavailability of the penalty notice in these circumstances. A list of offences
for which penalty notices are available, and the amount of the penalty, is set out in Annex B.
agtlaw said:
No refund!
Assuming not, but has your licence been endorsed for this offence?
https://www.viewdrivingrecord.service.gov.uk/drivi...
I only mentioned refund as when I spoke to the court clerk she said they give a refund if it comes to court. Assuming not, but has your licence been endorsed for this offence?
https://www.viewdrivingrecord.service.gov.uk/drivi...
Don't have my license number so can't check.
Never you mind said:
Only my old ones. Not the new one. Guess I am screwed then or maybe the SCP will post my non endorsed license back to me so I can provide it to the court?
They can't post it back to you if they never received it.Is paying the penalty an online thing now? IIRC I sent a cheque off with mine but it was a quite a few years ago.
It would seem logical that if you've paid the penalty they you should be OK once the admin is sorted out. However if they now regard sending in your licence as a separate and vital step then you could be stuffed.
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