Hi All,
After some advice.
I received notification of an Attachment of earnings order at the beginning of September.
It turned out it was for a speeding fine from August 2019, I did not received the paperwork.
I had moved house, had a redirect in place, but had not changed the logbook at the point of the fine (I know my fault), but would have expected the royal mail redirect to work as it had for other mail that was redirected to me.
I paid the fine immediately and raised a statutory declaration,
I received that today and am in the process of completing it stating that I did not know about the court date etc and the reasoning behind it.
Now I have a Single Justice Procedure Notice and I need to complete if I am guilty/not guilty, for the following -
1, Fail to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle. S172
2, Exceed a variable speed limit - automatic camera device
How should I compete the form,
should I put not guilty to both but then state under the mitigation section that I will plead guilty for speeding (and only providing) the S172 charge is dropped.
I already have 3 points on my license, then 6 for failure to provide information.
If I then get another 3 points for the speeding then I will loose my license, so I don't want to accept both charges.
Or with the risk of potentially getting 12 points
should I bite the bullet and get a solicitor to assist?
If so any recommendations,
I really cannot afford £1000s as currently going through a legal battle with the Ex!
Thanks