Solicitor to help with motoring offence - recommendations?
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Danm1les said:
I used him last monday in court, and we "won" with the best possible outcome 
he was as suprosed as I was!
Well done! he was as suprosed as I was!If you can, via PM if you prefer, can I ask what type of offence, what you avoided in terms of points and fine and what costs were involved?
FWIW - my wife's is a potential 6 points (she has none to date so no ban at stake) and up to £750 fine, plus the knock-on on insurance premiums etc.
Thanks
sumo69 said:
FWIW - my wife's is a potential 6 points (she has none to date so no ban at stake) and up to £750 fine, plus the knock-on on insurance premiums etc.
Where are you getting £750 from? It is not a figure on the standard scale.6 points suggests a S.172 failure to nominate or else she has been very naughty re a moving traffic offence..
FurtiveFreddy said:
It may not be prudent to answer those questions on a public forum.
Just sayin'.
It may save him valuable time and money if the reason to get off the charge is utter tosh. Most reasons are although there are sometimes valid defenses which should quite rightly clear a charge. Just sayin'.
Basically, a significant doubt that she was the driver of a car that was being test driven, and hence she refused to self-incriminate herself when the "Notice to name the driver" was redirected her way.
Issues surround a time discrepancy, the photo not showing me in the car(in the back), her wearing glasses and moreover I had spotted the camera van so she was below the limit.
TBH I am beginning to think she should have taken the FPN + 3 PTS just to avoid the hassle!!
Thoughts?
Issues surround a time discrepancy, the photo not showing me in the car(in the back), her wearing glasses and moreover I had spotted the camera van so she was below the limit.
TBH I am beginning to think she should have taken the FPN + 3 PTS just to avoid the hassle!!
Thoughts?
Did she respond to the NIP saying it wasn't her driving, or just not reply at all?
There was another thread a while back similar where somebody on a test-drive was identified by the car dealer, although they were sure it wasn't them driving at the time. They had a situation where both parties had notified the police that it was the other party driving. May be worth doing a search.
There was another thread a while back similar where somebody on a test-drive was identified by the car dealer, although they were sure it wasn't them driving at the time. They had a situation where both parties had notified the police that it was the other party driving. May be worth doing a search.
The Surveyor said:
Did she respond to the NIP saying it wasn't her driving, or just not reply at all?
There was another thread a while back similar where somebody on a test-drive was identified by the car dealer, although they were sure it wasn't them driving at the time. They had a situation where both parties had notified the police that it was the other party driving. May be worth doing a search.
She had an exchange of e-mails and phone calls with the Investigating Officer - she told my wife to send the notice back with a letter which she did. Next thing (a couple of months later) she has a court summons.There was another thread a while back similar where somebody on a test-drive was identified by the car dealer, although they were sure it wasn't them driving at the time. They had a situation where both parties had notified the police that it was the other party driving. May be worth doing a search.
OK, well since you want to discuss it here, I've been in a similar situation where a summons was sent to the registered keeper of a car either me or my girlfriend could have been driving at the time of an alleged speeding offence.
We went to court and proved that both of us had taken all reasonable steps to find out who was driving at the time, but had no conclusive proof and the case was dismissed.
If she/you genuinely doesn't think it was her driving at the time then do everything you need to do to prove it. I realise a lot of people don't want the hassle or the risk of the judgement going against them just because the Magistrates are having a bad day, but it looks like you're committed to going to Court now.
HTH.
We went to court and proved that both of us had taken all reasonable steps to find out who was driving at the time, but had no conclusive proof and the case was dismissed.
If she/you genuinely doesn't think it was her driving at the time then do everything you need to do to prove it. I realise a lot of people don't want the hassle or the risk of the judgement going against them just because the Magistrates are having a bad day, but it looks like you're committed to going to Court now.
HTH.
Edited by FurtiveFreddy on Wednesday 9th November 15:04
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