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SORN lost in post, court appearance for no Insurance
Will try to cut a long story short!
Bought Car A a few years ago, all insured and taxed
Middle of last year bought Car B, insured and taxed it
A few weeks later moved house
A few days later cancelled insurance on Car A after realising in the insurance small print for Car B I couldn't have Car A insured in my name too
A few days later I sent off to the DVLA the V5 for Car A and Car B to change address, and SORN for Car A in the same envelope
No recorded delivery, proof of postage unlikely to find as it was more than a year ago
(and yes I know, maybe I should have followed it up when I didn't get anything back from the DVLA, but moving house and new born twins meant I had a lot of other things on my mind than checking the post every day!)
Fast forward about a year to a few weeks ago, received a warrant of control from the bailiffs for £600+
Found out it was for keeping a vehicle with no insurance
Sent off a Statutory Declaration saying that I had no knowledge of the court case due to moving house and all the correspondence going to my old address
This was accepted and the case has now been re-listed in a few weeks time (at Stevenage Magistrates which is about 80 miles away!)
Sooo, given that the V5's and SORN have either gotten lost in the post or by DVLA, what's the best way of trying to avoid having to go to court with this - I am loathed to do a 3 hour round trip, travel expenses, having to take a day off work etc to sort out this mess. Do I approach the DVLA directly to try to get them to drop it, or am I going to have to go there and hopefully persuade the magistrate?
Thanks in advance
Bought Car A a few years ago, all insured and taxed
Middle of last year bought Car B, insured and taxed it
A few weeks later moved house
A few days later cancelled insurance on Car A after realising in the insurance small print for Car B I couldn't have Car A insured in my name too
A few days later I sent off to the DVLA the V5 for Car A and Car B to change address, and SORN for Car A in the same envelope
No recorded delivery, proof of postage unlikely to find as it was more than a year ago
(and yes I know, maybe I should have followed it up when I didn't get anything back from the DVLA, but moving house and new born twins meant I had a lot of other things on my mind than checking the post every day!)
Fast forward about a year to a few weeks ago, received a warrant of control from the bailiffs for £600+
Found out it was for keeping a vehicle with no insurance
Sent off a Statutory Declaration saying that I had no knowledge of the court case due to moving house and all the correspondence going to my old address
This was accepted and the case has now been re-listed in a few weeks time (at Stevenage Magistrates which is about 80 miles away!)
Sooo, given that the V5's and SORN have either gotten lost in the post or by DVLA, what's the best way of trying to avoid having to go to court with this - I am loathed to do a 3 hour round trip, travel expenses, having to take a day off work etc to sort out this mess. Do I approach the DVLA directly to try to get them to drop it, or am I going to have to go there and hopefully persuade the magistrate?
Thanks in advance
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