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I received a letter from the dvla saying my van had been spotted with no road tax. They wanted to fine me £60 for this, or would take me to court to recover the money.
The van that they had spotted was a cloned van, I have spoken to the police at the imformation compliance dept and the vehicle crime intelligence service and they pulled up the information on the pnc and confirmed this.
Still the dvla wanted there money.
Last week, i attended court. There were 3 magistrates, 1 clark, 1 court lawer, the comunity police officer, 1 member from the dvla and me. After the hearing everyone present realised I was not guilty and the dvla have now been given time to check out my evidence before a new hearing.
I am not guilty.
But this has cost me a fair sum off money, can I recover my cost from the dvla?
Many Thanks, darren
Welcome to the site.
Have you got a solicitor ? So the case has been adjourned ?
The Court has the powers to order costs against you or the other side-and in most cases always do.
You will be given opportunity to ask for costs,and this is decided at the prelude to the case.
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If you can show the DVLA has acted vexatiously (you showed your van was cloned and they still took you to court) you can ask for compensation. At court ask for the duty solicitor and request £5000, let him work down from there.
Im pretty sure the case was adjorned and I was given a second hearing date.
I did bring claiming costs back up at the hearing, the solicitor said I can only claim travel costs and lunch. No loss of earnings. At this court.
That sounds like a criminal proceeding. You will need to start a civil action to recover your losses. You will need a solicitor because taking the DVLA to court is messy.
The above case has no been settled. The magistrates courts awarded me £780 for costs and the DVLA have paid me £300 for loss of earnings.
Many thanks for your help and advice.
Darren
DVLA, Court Case Re Cloned Vehicle
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