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Hi Guys,
I really hope you can help with a difficult problem I’m having with the DVLA at the moment. In May this year I part exchanged a car at a motor dealers and sent off the usual change of keeper form to the DVLA and thought nothing more about it. A few months later I received a letter from the DVLA stating the car had no insurance. I responded by post to the DVLA telling them the date and to whom I had sold the vehicle. It seems this letter was not received as a they then sent a reminder to which I replied again but via recorded delivery this time! This response got through as I then received an acknowledgement slip from the DVLA along with a tax refund stating I was no longer the registered keeper dated 05/10/2017.
Shortly after this I received a Single Justice Procedure Notice stating I had been charged with the offence of being the registered keeper of an uninsured motor vehicle on 14/09/2017. I called the DVLA and explained the situation and was advised this was a crossover as the case handler would not have looked at their records since issuing the notice and that now they had been updated the handler would be able to cancel the court proceedings. As advised I sent a letter back the the DVLA and pleaded not guilty explaining the above and sent sent copies of the sale receipt showing the date and part exchange with the dealer, a copy of the slip to say the DVLA had accepted I was not the registered keeper and even my new V5 to prove the sale had gone through.
Yesterday I received a notice to say the DVLA were proceeding with the court case and they have now given a date for trial.
I am in the process of contacting the dealer to see if they will provide a statement to say they notified the DVLA they were the new keeper but cannot be certain I can obtain this. I also intend to call the DVLA and check the date they have for the change of keeper on the vehicle in question.
I have to accept I should have sent the first two communications to the DVLA recorded delivery but assumed first class would be sufficient.
The letter I got yesterday simply states the reason for referral to court is “For trial” so I cant be certain they have even considered my defence.
I simply cant believe I could end up paying a large fine and having a criminal record because either the Royal Mail or the DVLA lost a letter, please can somebody offer some advice as to what course of action I can take?
I have seen a similar case with a rather excellent looking letter in response to a post made on 06/03/2016 and wondered if elements of that letter could apply to my case?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
Kind regards,
Ben
I really hope you can help with a difficult problem I’m having with the DVLA at the moment. In May this year I part exchanged a car at a motor dealers and sent off the usual change of keeper form to the DVLA and thought nothing more about it. A few months later I received a letter from the DVLA stating the car had no insurance. I responded by post to the DVLA telling them the date and to whom I had sold the vehicle. It seems this letter was not received as a they then sent a reminder to which I replied again but via recorded delivery this time! This response got through as I then received an acknowledgement slip from the DVLA along with a tax refund stating I was no longer the registered keeper dated 05/10/2017.
Shortly after this I received a Single Justice Procedure Notice stating I had been charged with the offence of being the registered keeper of an uninsured motor vehicle on 14/09/2017. I called the DVLA and explained the situation and was advised this was a crossover as the case handler would not have looked at their records since issuing the notice and that now they had been updated the handler would be able to cancel the court proceedings. As advised I sent a letter back the the DVLA and pleaded not guilty explaining the above and sent sent copies of the sale receipt showing the date and part exchange with the dealer, a copy of the slip to say the DVLA had accepted I was not the registered keeper and even my new V5 to prove the sale had gone through.
Yesterday I received a notice to say the DVLA were proceeding with the court case and they have now given a date for trial.
I am in the process of contacting the dealer to see if they will provide a statement to say they notified the DVLA they were the new keeper but cannot be certain I can obtain this. I also intend to call the DVLA and check the date they have for the change of keeper on the vehicle in question.
I have to accept I should have sent the first two communications to the DVLA recorded delivery but assumed first class would be sufficient.
The letter I got yesterday simply states the reason for referral to court is “For trial” so I cant be certain they have even considered my defence.
I simply cant believe I could end up paying a large fine and having a criminal record because either the Royal Mail or the DVLA lost a letter, please can somebody offer some advice as to what course of action I can take?
I have seen a similar case with a rather excellent looking letter in response to a post made on 06/03/2016 and wondered if elements of that letter could apply to my case?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
Kind regards,
Ben
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