DVLA- Failure to notify change of keeper conviction - found out about it in local paper!!

[stag18]

I would like some advice about a situation my nephew is currently in.

 

This week in our local paper under the Magistrates named & shamed bit

my nephews name appeared for the following offence:

Failed to deliver notification of transfer of a vehicle to a person who was not a vehicle trader.

Fined £200, costs £110. T

 

he address given for my nephew was his mother's address which he left in difficult circumstances 18 months ago.

 

This was the first he had heard of any court proceedings

as he obviously hasn't received any letters about it as they would have gone to his mothers address,

plus he has never owned a vehicle,

in fact he only has a provisional licence.

 

We suspect his mother has something to do with this.

She is no stranger to fraud and dishonest behaviour.

 

I have spent the last 2 years clearing my mums name for unpaid mobile phone accounts

and pay day loans she took out using my mums name so no love lost there.

 

As soon as my nephew was old enough she used hs name to get catalogue credit etc

so he has no credit rating now either!

 

I have also been told that she posted on FB that

" after 18 months what goes around has finally come around"

so she is obviously feeling pleased with herself.

 

My nephew has phoned the Magistrates,

they said the only thing they could tell him was it related to a "large" vehicle like a van,

people carrier or a 4 x4 but

 

he needs to write to DVLA to explain the circumstances & ask them to write to the court

to have the conviction set aside.

 

 

As I said he has never owned a vehicle so it is definitely not his.

 

Has anyone come across this situation before and

can give advice on what will happen next?

 

He obviously has no court paperwork or any documentation whatsoever.

 

Also is there anything I can do to find out more about the vehicle this relates

to with a view to finding out who has done this?.

 

Any help would be appreciated

[renegadeimp]

Contact actionfraud and contact the courts. Is shes done this then theres no telling what else shes done.

[ploddertom]

If he has no knowledge of the proceedings he may make a Statutory Declaration at the Court to this effect. He is allowed 21 days from finding out - it should therefore be done ASAP. I assume the case was heard in the absence of whoever was summonsed. At least having seen it in the local paper makes it easy to ascertain which Court it is.

[stag18]

Thanks for response.

 

With regard to Actionfraud,

 

after my previous experience sorting my mums stuff out,

they don't do anything just log it,

 

I have made contact with a local bobby previously who is sympathetic to my cause

& will help where he can but I need details of the vehicle to try & prove it was her.

 

I am 99% sure it is her as the conviction includes his middle name which hardly anyone knows as he doesnt use it.

 

On the same day he also has a letter from Lowells chasing a catalogue debt

she took out in his birth name which he hasn't used since he was a child!

 

I did tell my nephew about the Stat Dec before

but he said the court told him he has to write to DVLA first

& once they have contacted the court then he can go in & make a Stat Dec.

 

Is this correct as obviously time is of the essence.

 

Thanks

[Raykay]

The DVLA won't be interested or do anything, he needs to contact the court to make a statutory declaration under s.14, Magistrates' Court Act 1980 to have the case re-opened.

[renegadeimp]

Even if actionfraud just log it, you must still report it as its identity fraud. Especially since it has resulted in court action and a judgement. Please dont be complacent. Report every single thing that happens. Dont get lax.

[f16]

On tracing the vehicle in question... If you know the Reg. no... try texting it to a valuation site, that will give you the make/model etc.

 

I'm with ploddertom and renegadeimp (# 3, #6)

Good Luck

F16

[dx100uk]

it s not for the DVLA to set it aside by the defendant.

 

dx

[ploddertom]

The vehicle details or DVLA are not relevant. If he didn't know about the conviction then it is the Court he needs to go to as advised earlier. At Court ask for the Court Manager and don't be fobbed off by the front desk.

 

Time is ticking.