I was visiting my friends last week, she has a sorned vehicle on her drive which she had sold two days before, the new owner was due to collect it the same night A white van appears on her drive and a man knocks on the door, My friend thinks its a delivery for the neighbour, my friend opens the bedroom window, and has a conversation with the Gentleman on the door, he says he is a bailiff and he has come to collect 392.00 for an unpaid parking ticket, I can honestly stay my friend was stunned, she did not know anything about it, she contacted the Local council, they could not tell her anything as the system was down, she went on the Councils web site and checked there was a ticket for 82.00 which she paid immediately. She has two grown up children, she knows one of them has probably had the ticket. there are two men on the drive in a white van, they proceed to clamp the sold vehicle, my friend explains that the car has been sold and the owner is coming to collect it today. The man says he doesn't care, the white van remains parked on the drive for 30 mins during this time, my friend asks where is the court order to clamp the car, the reply was the chap showed he half a piece of paper with a line of text on the paper saying mentioning a court in Northampton which she knows nothing about, she has never received any documents from a court in Northampton. The white van leaves and returns about 1 hour later stating they are towing the vehicle away at 17.15hrs unless she pays up, she explains she doesn't get paid until next week and asks what is the hurry to tow a clamped vehicle the chap explains by the end of the evening she will be paying him £1,000 pound, and asks her for her log book and keys -- which she no longer has. My friend telephones her son who is due home from work (she does not live at the property anymore) her son and his girlfriend actually live there, she lives with her partner, her son pulls up and beeps at the van , one of the occupants gets out and asks her son where he lives he says he lives next door , they then ask him to park as close to the house as possible as they are going to tow a vehicle. He then proceeds to park his car at the top of his drive the white van cannot get onto the drive, eventually the white van leaves after threatening to call the police, my friend did call the Police, they told her not to pay and gave her a reference number the officer said it sounded like extortion The new owner of the vehicle arrived later that night arranged her boyfriends pick up truck and took her car away stating no one had any right to clamp her car and of the bailiffs want the clamp back they can pay for it. What will happen to my friend, will she be arrested, shes very upset by the whole thing, I have known her for twenty years she would not ignore a parking ticket

thank you ford

I am writing my response as we speak - type , with reference to the original offence of speeding - this is not mentioned anywhere on previous court / police documents ? I'm going to address that first an then move onto due process, which I have not been given

Ford Can you see both letters now

please put them back, I'm not worried about the reference numbers thanks

Hi, I don't have that car registration anymore- no one does it was written off , can you put my letters back

I don't have that car any more,

the letters are attached 1 the first letter dated 22/06/2016 is the first letter I received 2 the court letter let me know what you think caroline Epson_04052016191741.pdf Epson_04052016191847.pdf

please find one of the letters Epson_04052016191847.pdf

I was probably speeding, and I should take that punishment, but should i not be obliged to due process,

I have made it very very clear I did not receive any letter, reminder, or a threat of court action,and not under any circumstance would i plead guilty to failure to provide,the court has a copy of all the documents i sent to the police, i feel like.....they know i have not had the documents but will settle for any prosecution

I don't agree to the substitution, It should never have got to court in the first place , I probably need to speak to a solicitor and get some legal advice

Hi I got a copy of the picture with the court documents, nothing before hand the paperwork I received from court states Notice of a new date of hearing Reasons the matter has been adjourned because : 1 the police would accept a guilty plea to the original offence of speeding instead of the notice offence please respond to the court before the next hearing personally I did not know they could do that , as speeding is not on the summons the original letter I received 22/06/2015 was a type written letter - white headed paper , white envelope - I have to admit , I thought the letter had been sent by one of my colleagues playing a prank from the alleged incident date 22/02/2015 to 22/06/2015 I received nothing from Sheffield Police - no request , not even the - if you do not respond - we will take you to court , absolutely nothing I have 10 years no claims and a clean licence - 3 points would cost me 6 pound increase insurance a year for three years - a speed awareness course would cost whatever they cost I did not try to avoid either of these punishments , it would be pointless and no benefit to myself

Hi Ford, the court got my reply pleading not guilty , the have adjourned the case until May , then wrote to me stating the police would accept a guilty plea to speeding instead of failure to provide Speeding Is not a charge listed in the summons what I would like to happen is that the police let me take a speed awareness course and be done with it which is what should have happened in the first place

no not at all, Ive lived here for 10 years, On the court summons I asked that Sheffield Police provide proof of postage,

Hi, I would like some advice on my next reply to the court 22/06/2015 - I receive a letter from Sheffield Police stating Alleged offence detected by camera date an time of offence 27/02/2015 @02:18am this matter will now be referred to the appropriate department for consideration by way of summons for one, or a combination of the following 1 failure to furnish driver details 2 excess points 3 driving licence not issued by DVLA Swansea 4 conditional offer not complied with 5speed recorded does not fall within guidelines for conditional offer 6 other that is the first letter I received, my response was I m in receipt of your letter dated 22/06/2015 and I would like to ask what the alleged offence is? I have had no previous communication in relation to this alleged offence, I do not understand the length of time this has taken? may I take this opportunity to reply to your points 1 I have had no request/producer that asks for this information 2 I have a clean driving licence 3 my driving licence was issued by DVLA in 1993 and is due to be renewed in 3 months time 4 what is a conditional offer ? I have not been given this opportunity 5 this seems to contradict your point 4 6 could you substantiate this statement I do not know what "other is" at the end of this letter I ask if they can furnish me with the details of the alleged offence I am missing leaving my telephone number and reminding them of my address I did not get any response from the police ( I recorded the delivery of this letter) 20/08/2015 - I received a court summons at this time I wrote again to Sheffield Police and stated that I thought it unreasonable to ignore my previous letter and issue court proceedings , I asked for copies of the original paperwork ( I recorded the delivery of this letter) I received a reply stating this is now being dealt with by the court I filled in the court paperwork which was contrary to section 172(3) of the road traffic act 1988 and schedule 2 of the road traffic offenders act 1988 - this is a failure to supply driver details , there is a copy of a blank section 172 drivers statement, this has never been received at my address there is no mention of speeding on this court summons I replied to the court and plead not guilty, with a copy of all the documents I had sent to the police, I have received a response from the court stating 1 the police would accept a guilty plea to the original offence of speeding instead of the notice offence , please respond to the court before the next hearing my question is , there is no mention in the court papers of speeding, how can the court swop offences ? I believe the Police are out of time to prosecute me for speeding as they did not send me any request for information and completely ignored my requests for information If I plead guilty to speeding I will get 4 points which is a magistrates minimum and a fine and I will not have the opportunity to undertake a speed awareness course or keep my licence clean could anyone advise me ? Thank you Caroline

it should be feb 2014 he had a final wriiten warning

he has been dismissed for using fowl language - which he has not done there are 3 statement - what they say he does not know as no one has given him copies he has worked with us for 2 years he is not a member of any trade Union this is a very simple 44 year old man, who works v hard for our company and does anything they want, to say he is the but of many jokes is an understatement, we are part of a large refit company, we are "managed " by a few people who sit an office 150 miles away from us and we see them maybe once a year thank you

Hi to Everyone, I am hoping to get some advice for a colleague of mine who has just been sacked for gross misconduct he has not received his final letter stating he can appeal, so we have time to prepare a good appeal, below are an overview of his disciplinary file 1 Feb 2013 given a 12 month final written warning using bad language in the workplace. clean record from this date on , last week my colleague got into an argument at work, in the stair well with his step daughter and 2 other colleagues, they were shouting at him as their work boots had been damaged and they were in his car , he did not retaliate or shout, he was apologising - his dog peed in their work boots they all got suspended 3 of them have got final written warnings on file for 3 months my colleague has been dismissed as he had a previous final warning on file what can he do ? he was met with a representative of the company and told to resign he went to a meeting with a different representative of the company and dismissed now he is at appeal stage , In all of our contracts of employment , it states that disciplinary action will be carried out by our line manager ... the 2 representatives who met with him are not our line manager by telling him he should resign is that not a pre determined outcome he actually did nothing wrong no one has showed him any statements against him what can I do to help him, my colleague is not " the Brightest button in the box" but he does work very hard for our company, I feel as do the majority of our workforce is that he is being treated very badly and we would like to help him in some way does anyone have any advice

Hi glad you got your problem sorted, In my opinion delonghi should have sent out a free replacement as the box had not been opened, until I opened it, therefore not down to comet at all Delonghi customer service is rubish, just said they could sell me the items for 40.00 pound, they also stated that the machine would not be guarenteed at all as it was over one month old, I bought a second hand machine with the missing items for 30 pound, now i have spares of everything

I have an appointment at a solicitors this afternoon, I will write again but will prepare for court thank you

Im trying to understand why they have waited 6 months to send a summons,

I of course contacted my friend - she has faxed through her details to them 3 times I have the picture and I can assure you, it looks nothing like me. she has short brown hair and glasses i have long blond and no glasses

I supplied the details three times all recorded delivery i also photocopied what i had sent

I have received a summons for court 24th January, id love some advice as to whether I should involve a solicitor 2/7/2012 - my friend used my car and went through a speed camera the first letter arrived 05/08/2012 stating 39 in a 30 - yes over a month later, the previous two owners of the vehicle had not sent their v5s in so I had to send in my v5c second letter arrived 19/08/2012 - stating 39 in a 30 they had looked at the picture on my d licence and could I check my nomination I replied stating i was not changing the nomination and I have not changed it the police have not contacted me since october 2012 I sent all mail by registered post have receipts and printed off the signed receipts today I received the court summons for failing to supply the driver details and also speeding 49 in a 40 - the paperwork in the court bundle is not the original nomination form I wrote on the back of also there are two tracked letters they are not admitting to have they have put in a different form to the court - the original notice of Intended prosecution is not the one I had or completed the back of 5/08/2012 the police can easily check that i was not at home as they visited me to tell me my mum had died of heart attack, i would not drive my car, i got a taxi 60 miles to the hospital - i could not have been in the vehicle as i was in the chapel of rest