Marston Group Limited
Advice needed please.This morning out of the blue we had a man from the above company come with a "distress warrant" from the local courts for a "motoring offence" dated 1/12/2009 (he stated this was a re- dated offoence and could be anything). I have had no prior notification of this by telephone or post although his record stated that there was something sent in Feb 10 and a hand drop letter in Aug 10. This warrant was in my maiden name and for a previous address (haven't lived there for 2 1/2 years, have been married for over 3 years)I have no idea what this was for but my husband and I think it may relate to a period of unpaid car tax about 3-4 yrs ago when I first stopped driving - I thought I had paid this!! I haven't driven a car for 3 yrs now as I have a long term medical condition which is currently causing me balance/ vertigo type problems. I have chosen not to drive not had my licence revoked and because I want to get back on the road in the future have not handed my licence back in. I do have Doctors records I could access which state I am not driving currently as I know it is on record that I have this problem currently.I felt I had to pay this fine even though I was unsure what it is for as he said he only had an hour before he could bring the baliffs van to the property to remove goods, I am 7 months pregnant and can do without that additional stress. We are now in a position where although I have paid it we couldn't really afford to and will have to look at selling some things to get the money back for this month. I have been through a long period to get debt free and now budget quite tightly to ensure we have money for the month. Does anyone have any idea what I should do now - can I apply to the courts for further information and try and claim this money back? I guess I am going to get told I shouldn't have paid but I didn't know what else to do at the time!
Advice needed please.This morning out of the blue we had a man from the above company come with a "distress warrant" from the local courts for a "motoring offence" dated 1/12/2009 (he stated this was a re- dated offoence and could be anything). I have had no prior notification of this by telephone or post although his record stated that there was something sent in Feb 10 and a hand drop letter in Aug 10. This warrant was in my maiden name and for a previous address (haven't lived there for 2 1/2 years, have been married for over 3 years)I have no idea what this was for but my husband and I think it may relate to a period of unpaid car tax about 3-4 yrs ago when I first stopped driving - I thought I had paid this!! I haven't driven a car for 3 yrs now as I have a long term medical condition which is currently causing me balance/ vertigo type problems. I have chosen not to drive not had my licence revoked and because I want to get back on the road in the future have not handed my licence back in. I do have Doctors records I could access which state I am not driving currently as I know it is on record that I have this problem currently.I felt I had to pay this fine even though I was unsure what it is for as he said he only had an hour before he could bring the baliffs van to the property to remove goods, I am 7 months pregnant and can do without that additional stress. We are now in a position where although I have paid it we couldn't really afford to and will have to look at selling some things to get the money back for this month. I have been through a long period to get debt free and now budget quite tightly to ensure we have money for the month. Does anyone have any idea what I should do now - can I apply to the courts for further information and try and claim this money back? I guess I am going to get told I shouldn't have paid but I didn't know what else to do at the time!
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