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Stat Dec for Speeding & Failure to name ..
chribby
post Sat, 1 Sep 2018 - 22:58
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My mother and father split up several years ago, she has since changed her surname, address, and updated her address on everything .. except her v5c sadly as it was lost and forgotten about when she moved out.

Today I was visiting my father and happened to see a letter addressed to my mother so I took it for her, along with 2 others that were underneath it.


Long story short, she was caught doing 36 in a 30 back in May - a court case has been held in her absence and she now has £900 in fines and 6 points. She also needs to pay the 900 by the 11th of September. Lucky I found the letter now I suppose.


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So, I have been reading lots of other topics on this forum and the general advice seems to be to submit a statutory declaration and plead not guilty to both offences and then try to bargain for a guilty speeding plea if they drop the failure to name.. This is all well and good in theory but I can't really find anything about how you actually bargain. Do you just walk up to a guy in a suit at the court and say "hey bub, let's talk!". I don't really get it, it seems very cheeky which feels like the opposite of what you should be in court - especially when you are in the wrong.

Ultimately what the perfect outcome for her would be is to plead guilty for the speeding and not guilty for the failure to name driver (and have the pleas accepted or whatever).

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One question I do have is, if she phones monday and makes an appointment to do the stat dec, do we still have to pay the fine? I know it effectively gets voided while the new case goes on, but with it being so close to the deadline for paying now I didn't know if there would be any possibilities of bad things happening while the stat dec is processed if payment is not sent.


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Any and all advice is appreciated. My mother would thank you too if she knew how to work a computer. The fine and the s172 are the big concerns, the fine because she doesn't have £900 to her name.. and the s172 because of the effect it will have on her insurance and license points. She fully accepts wrong-doing for speeding.
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QUOTE (chribby @ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 - 13:32) *
Hey guys

Just to update, we had the stat dec appointment today and when we turned up we were told to fill in the form and not to put down our plea until we speak to the magistrate. When we spoke to the magistrate they said if we put a guilty plea for speeding they will settle it today and drop the failure to name so it is all out of the way now smile.gif Fine was £130


Was it just a fine or were there points as well...?
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