NIP letter missed /not received - Help?

[BazzaS]

What are the key dates (dates of "third letter", date you replied, date of court case)?

What were you fined for in the end? The speeding or failing to provide details of the driver at the time of the alleged speeding?

 

6 points sounds like the latter (as 38 in a 30 zone has a starting point of a band A fine (starting point 50% of relevant weekly income) and 3 points, while "failure to supply" is 6 points and a band C fine (starting point 150% of relevant weekly income).

For someone on benefits "relevant weekly income" is taken as £120/week, but if the court had no information they would have assumed £440/week !

 

So, your path is 2 fold :

1a) if it was you driving, and you were speeding, to see if you can get the case reheard, for the speeding alone, pleading guilty and aiming for a smaller fine and fewer points,

1b) if you were driving but deny speeding, See if your speeding case can be heard and plead not guilty

1c) if you can identify who else was driving .... Would they persue them (unlikely at this stage!)

 

If you can't get the case reheard, the next option is

2: accept being guilty of failure to identify the driver, but ask for the fine to be recalculated bearing in mind your means (aiming to get the fine [including costs & surcharge] down from £811 to somewhere closer to £211, and ask for time to pay it off weekly!