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  1. The lady I spoke to defined Statutory Declaration and appeal as two different things, and things not dependent on each other. So now I'm confused, but am working on both. Thanks to all who have replied
  2. Right. Well. This fine was caused by my ex driving my car whilst under SORN. My car has been off road for the past few years. I thought it was pretty undrivable. Apparently not. He did this during my time away. The lady I spoke to said I can appeal this at the Magistrates Court. She also said I can appeal after I have paid the fine, and the fine will be refunded if appeal is found in my favour. So to make the immediate problems go away I am going to pay the fine, and then I will appeal this. I now have another problem. The car, as far as I am aware, is still with him. I'm extremely concerned he has, or could, run up several of these fines. I need to no longer be liable for my car, but all car documentation is at the property. The car is not worth much and am happy to scrap or give it away, but obviously can't without the docs. Any advice on what to do next would be greatly appreciated.
  3. Thanks for all the advice. I will be contacting the courts. The letter had a geographic location, which I thought was the court 'area'. When I searched several courts came up. Excel gave me a number, which seems to be a general switchboard number, I will ring that.
  4. Thank you for your advice. I eventually got a reply from Excel, they didn't answer my questions but told me it's been referred back to the court and I have to contact them. I'm still none the wiser what the fine is for. What does this mean? I'm really scared they are going to put a warrant out for my arrest!
  5. Thanks for the replies, much appreciated. Re Bailiff Advice: the letter says which court it came from. I've just read a little about Statutory Declaration, though am confused. Am I right in thinking I have to get a solicitor to sign something?
  6. This is a complicated situation that I have no idea how to deal with. I apologise for the wall of text. I also apologise for the dramatic nature of some parts, it's not something I like discussing, but I suspect some parts may (or may not) be relevant. I was living in an abusive situation, - last August I went away for a few weeks. The house I was living in had been divided and I had padlocks on all my doors in my living areas that I use to protect my stuff. I find out the person who has been abusive to me for 20 years, broke these locks and removed all my belongings. He has dumped them in a single room and has helped himself to my stuff. I have been negotiating to collect my belongings and officially move out (it's a big game to him). It's a tangled, complicated situation and this is a separate issue, but bottom line, I've not been back since last August and have been in limbo. All my possessions are there, including my car. I fear for my safety with this man, I do not want the police/solicitors involved as I do not want him to know where I am now. Because of this, I recently created a mailing address to start the process of redirecting my correspondence and making an official break from there (not least because he has form for messing around with mail that doesn't belong to him). I don't know how but Excel Civil Enforcement found my actual mailing address. I get a letter from them saying I owe £1020.00. I haven't a clue what this is for. The letter is headed with 'notice of enforcement'. It says I owe money to Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service. The enforcement details are “Unpaid fine or compensation imposed on [date – Feb 2016] for Use / keep motor vehicle – fail to comply with o.”. It cuts off so I haven't a clue what “o” is. The only thing I can think of is a parking fine from a few years back in a non council owned car park. Darkly ironic that I got this fine that day because, whilst he was driving he taunted me about how easy it would be for him to take my life. I was screaming to be let out of the car and had a panic attack when he wouldn't let me out. When we parked at the car park, I was in shock. Neither of us paid parking. when that company sent a letter demanding money, I'm pretty sure I followed advice I found on this forum. I wrote to them them for a break down of their costs and a few other things given in the advice that I can't quite remember. They never replied and they stopped the regular correspondence. They would occasionally send a scare tactic once or twice a year. I have no idea if this parking issue relates to the current fine. The large amount suggests to me something he may have done with my car whilst I wasn't there. Though the car is sorn'd, has been off road for a couple of years, and pretty undrive-able. I have no clue what this enforcement is for, I haven't been back in nearly a year. I want to metaphorically take the bull by the horns and deal with this, but honestly, I'm scared. I'm scared anything I do might mean he finds me. I'm scared he's done something I am liable for. Obviously, I know my first course of action is to find out what this is actually for. But I would like some advice on how I should approach this in the first contact. The fact that it seems to have gone to court, I suspect means I don't have much recourse. I'd like to know what my options are and if I can appeal? Thank you.
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