Shortly before Christmas I received a letter from the magistrates court asking me to get in touch re unpaid fine from 12/09/01 - upon enquiries it transpires that the DVLA requested I verify who was responsible for a vehicle upon a certain date, stating that I was the registed keeper of said vehicle at that time - I have no recollection of having seen this request, if I had I could have supplied the relevent info .. Also it transpires a Summons had been issued, and I have been taken to court and fined £195 for not supplying this info .. all this without any of my knowledge ! .. where do I stand in all this ? .. if a summons is issued to appear at court on a certain day, does the summons have to be sent by recorded or registered delivery ? . or do they just hope you get the letter ? It appears you can now be fined by stealth ! .. makes you wonder how many more enfarctions are waiting for me in the pipeline !
B.fuddled.