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After this site helped me win back my unfair bank charges (and i did donate some money!) i wondered if anyone can help me, will promise to read a bit more of this forum when i get to work though too.
I buy and sell cars and when a peugeot was in my name i had a nice guy who wanted to take for a test drive. He turned up and had a look he took it away and i kept hold of his keys as collateral. all fine didn't want the car and that was that. next thing i know i had "reminder" from local council about unpaid fine. i wrote back and said that i wasn't driving and not liable, no comment at all from them the next thing i know is a letter from ccs and 3 days later a bailiff has come to see me. I stress i haven't been to court what right does the bailiff have and where do i stand?!?!?
it's now almost £500 and to be honest i really don't have the money to pay!
If this was a decriminalised pcn then as Owner at the time - you were liable.
My understanding is that as a dealer and since a dealer doesn't need to register keepership, then the owner/keeper is not liable. They are a hirer and as such can pass responsibility to the driver. IOW, a test drive is a hire, albeit free of charge.
However, they should have replied to say so - did they?
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You need to contact the Council concerned to ensure that they didn't simply correspond with the V5 address - the previous keeper, who will presumably have appealed on the grounds that he no longer owned the vehicle and that it had been passed to you prior to the contravention date.
If you have received nothing from the Council, then you need to apply for a stat. dec. to set the matter back to NtO stage.
Help R.E local council and now bailiff
some money!) i wondered if anyone can help me, will promise to read a bit more of this forum when i get to work though too.
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Re: Help R.E local council and now bailiff
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